Racing fairness versus Circus attendance

Alan Roehrich · 09-21-2010, 06:01 PM

Unless you can find some serious sponsorship, and plenty of it, it's going to be really hard to pay any 1st round money, that's asking a lot, for a first time event.

Having "wants" is great, but given that this is going to be hard enough to make happen (it's been ten years since it happened, once), the track and promoter really need to be shown a good opportunity to make some profit. You can only ask people putting up their own money to only break even or take a chance on a loss if there's a really good chance of multiple events so they can hope to eventually make a decent profit, or at least not lose anything over the long run.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it be possible to pay something in the first round, but that's a really tough request in this economy.

09-21-2010, 06:01 PM	#18
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,135 Likes: 1,609 Liked 1,915 Times in 430 Posts	Re: Racing fairness versus Circus attendance Unless you can find some serious sponsorship, and plenty of it, it's going to be really hard to pay any 1st round money, that's asking a lot, for a first time event. Having "wants" is great, but given that this is going to be hard enough to make happen (it's been ten years since it happened, once), the track and promoter really need to be shown a good opportunity to make some profit. You can only ask people putting up their own money to only break even or take a chance on a loss if there's a really good chance of multiple events so they can hope to eventually make a decent profit, or at least not lose anything over the long run. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it be possible to pay something in the first round, but that's a really tough request in this economy. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S