Don't Piss on Sanan and Tell Him It's Raining

“But if we didn’t allow the bullies to play, they’d find our spot about 20 minutes beforehand and piss in the holes,” Sanan said. “To some degree, that’s the kind of crap that goes on in this business.” Who doesn't like this guy now? Satish Sanan, my new favorite guy in racing.  It appears the plan is dead for trying to do too much, that's code for saying the plan is dead for trying to fix everything at once whereas these asshats in charge would rather continue to take their cut and go home and screw everyone else.  So, it sounds like it was too much of a takeover for the group at large and no one would really take the first step, understandable, but not excusable.  My advice for Mr Sanan would be to back up and try and get everyone on the same page up to the point of contention: owning an ADW. My solution would be to create a clearing house for signals.  An LLC would own the exclusive rights of all the racing:  betting and televising.  And, from there you could increase revenue and affect structure.  Think of it as TVG on steroids, but w/o the wagering platform.  Think of it as all the good stuff that Mr Sanan had done without the thing that held it all back.  Instead of competing and creating ADW's the LLC would control the price of the signal.  We all know that the ADW's get it for too cheap and that the racetracks charge to high a price.  So, as fans I think we could assume takeout to be lowered (and that would be a good start for any process to get the fans on your side). The new hang up would be to convince Twinspires or Youbet to pay for the Churchill signal more than they are currently paying, however, that extra money would come back to them because they'd be part owner of what they were selling to. Thoughts? For more great content, Past performances, video and news check out the Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance.