1. Don’t fight this racing lockdown in the open media
2. Get every single person affected by the total lockdown in racing’s supply chain to hand write a letter explaning the circumstances of them losing their jobs, that should be anywhere between 60-100 000 letters.
3. Hand deliver those letters to President and his COVID sidekick
4. Add a covering “what if” letter to explain the 1000’s of horses that will be slaughtered if it does not open within 10 days, including the health hazard that slaughter is going to cause in the country of which the racing personnel will have no control, put no’s into that
5. Invite them or rather add a video to show the decision makers how racing will be carried out in the most scientific COVID way with all the checks and testing in place at the venues
I am in an industry that had enough of illogical decision and getting it right now even inside level 4. Consequences were detailed , letters not just signatures were written, you will not have seen it in the press at all and changes were started in level 4 already.
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Bob nobody listens to others in the racing groups. I promise all owners unless the people who need racing to start do not put together a plan of action which is campaigned properly it will not start.
I thought this is what they were doing, obviously not.
It is actually quite sad, best they employ someone to do that.
Very admirable John but true, none want the keyboard warriors with their suggestions, best let the people that are being paid to do so and start working for what they are being paid for. None want to see the bail out bucks get sucked up in Phum salaries with no one doing anything.
Here's a fantasy scenario possibly highlighting the other side of the coin :
1.) Remember the 'application to race on the top of the pile' from a week or so ago'? Let's assume that was entirely true. Now imagine all of the alleged 700 special dispensation applications at that time; each in their own slim brown folders.
2.) All of these applications would probably have been stacked on a boardroom table somewhere as there were far too many to put on a desk top.
3.) Some unidentified idividual or individuals were tasked with addressing each application.
4.) Eventually an official ( who probably knows nothing about racing and who can blame him/her ) opens the slim brown folder and skims over the application. Here's what he/she deduces even from a position of relative ignorance:
a. It is a sport that is totally untransformed yet seeks a dispensation.
b. It's white and its elitist. A plaything for the rich.
c. It's non-essential no matter how loudly a handful of panicky insiders rant.
d. It involves gambling - which does nothing other than further impoverish most who support it. As many of those supporters are now on state funded life support why give them any opportunity to fritter away even a fraction of their grants?
e. Only 60,000 jobs are at risk. Possibly that's an exaggeration and a pinprick compared to some other threatenend industries.
f. Racing only accounts for 10% of the overall SA horse population.
g. It has a long history of attracting dodgy individuals. Wasn't that Jooste oke involved there until recently?
h. It condones and applauds insider trading
i. It has litigated against government on numerous occasions when it cannot get its own way.
No - let them wait until Level 2 or 1.
Application refused. Or better still - just pend it.
Still waiting for the Govt. gazette to be published on Thursday. To see what the regime is thinking version 3 of the lockdown should look like. The ministers known as Zuma and Mkhize spoke this morning and made some worrying comments about hot spot areas. these include areas where grevyille,kenilworth,turfontein are located. the comment was hotspot areas would remain at level 4 on the 1st of June.
until GC and the BRP get some clarity from Govt they are just wishes and prayers.
"a. It is a sport that is totally untransformed yet seeks a dispensation.
b. It's white and its elitist. A plaything for the rich.
c. It's non-essential no matter how loudly a handful of panicky insiders rant.
d. It involves gambling - which does nothing other than further impoverish most who support it. As many of those supporters are now on state funded life support why give them any opportunity to fritter away even a fraction of their grants?
e. Only 60,000 jobs are at risk. Possibly that's an exaggeration and a pinprick compared to some other threatenend industries.
f. Racing only accounts for 10% of the overall SA horse population.
g. It has a long history of attracting dodgy individuals. Wasn't that Jooste oke involved there until recently?
h. It condones and applauds insider trading
i. It has litigated against government on numerous occasions when it cannot get its own way.
No - let them wait until Level 2 or 1.
You are giving them far too much credit for critical thinking !!
Garrick wrote: Here's a fantasy scenario possibly highlighting the other side of the coin :
1.) Remember the 'application to race on the top of the pile' from a week or so ago'? Let's assume that was entirely true. Now imagine all of the alleged 700 special dispensation applications at that time; each in their own slim brown folders.
2.) All of these applications would probably have been stacked on a boardroom table somewhere as there were far too many to put on a desk top.
3.) Some unidentified idividual or individuals were tasked with addressing each application.
4.) Eventually an official ( who probably knows nothing about racing and who can blame him/her ) opens the slim brown folder and skims over the application. Here's what he/she deduces even from a position of relative ignorance:
a. It is a sport that is totally untransformed yet seeks a dispensation.
b. It's white and its elitist. A plaything for the rich.
c. It's non-essential no matter how loudly a handful of panicky insiders rant.
d. It involves gambling - which does nothing other than further impoverish most who support it. As many of those supporters are now on state funded life support why give them any opportunity to fritter away even a fraction of their grants?
e. Only 60,000 jobs are at risk. Possibly that's an exaggeration and a pinprick compared to some other threatenend industries.
f. Racing only accounts for 10% of the overall SA horse population.
g. It has a long history of attracting dodgy individuals. Wasn't that Jooste oke involved there until recently?
h. It condones and applauds insider trading
i. It has litigated against government on numerous occasions when it cannot get its own way.
No - let them wait until Level 2 or 1.
Application refused. Or better still - just pend it.
RA Stranger wrote: Very admirable John but true, none want the keyboard warriors with their suggestions, best let the people that are being paid to do so and start working for what they are being paid for. None want to see the bail out bucks get sucked up in Phum salaries with no one doing anything.
OK I see on the other thread that the staff have been furloughed but what of the top earning guys are they still around or now also in the Rouvaun Smit boat.
RA Stranger wrote: Very admirable John but true, none want the keyboard warriors with their suggestions, best let the people that are being paid to do so and start working for what they are being paid for. None want to see the bail out bucks get sucked up in Phum salaries with no one doing anything.
OK I see on the other thread that the staff have been furloughed but what of the top earning guys are they still around or now also in the Rouvaun Smit boat.
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