There\'s only \'too few fans\' due to simple math. Do illegal bookies and Las Vegas have a problem attracting bettors to wager on the NFL and the NCAA tournament? Absolutely not, Those \'gambling vehicles\' dont have \'too few fans\' and do you know why?
Its the price of the wager. Lower the price, and you get more customers.Keep the price ridiculously high and you attract many less customers.
Horse race bets are priced as if horse race gambling is the only game in town. It USED to sort of be the only game in town, but no more....and they haven\'t found a way to adjust to the idea that people have other options now.
As much has been made about illegal drugs and other \'reasons\' that the game is suffering, the bottom line remains that the price of the bet is too high, and that is the biggest culprit in the \'downfall\' of horse racing.
No horseplayer who\'s consistently winning decent money thru the windows is going to stop betting because a few horses broke down or because trainers are allegedly cheating. Winning bettors will continue to bet, its the losing bettors who are using the excuses that illegal drugging and race horse injuries are \'ruining\' the game. BUT, those people are not staying away from the tracks because they\'re sad a few horses broke down...they\'re staying away because they\'re not long run winners. And, because the takeouts are so high, they\'re not even CLOSE to being winning bettors.
NFL players are shooting themselves after their careers are over from brain issues, but people arent going to stop calling in NFL bets because of that. As long as the NFL takeout is 5%, people will continue to bet, even though the NFL is as dangerous to humans as horse racing is as dangerous to horses.
