Bashful Wrote:
> I wish Formgrids would become a pay site, cause of
> late it appears as if they want to hold us at
> ransom by not letting us gain access to the grid.
> You have touched on the subject of making it a pay
> site for sometime many times now.You have tested
> the waters for long enough now. Please
> formgrids,.
we never hold race fans to ransom,, we founded of the SA racegoers association,, we support the racing game,,, why on earth do you think I revealed this fantastic system to the racing public,,, we used Formgrids in the mid 90's to cripple the Bruma bookmakers ,, if this sounds far fetched check with people who played horses round that time,,,,
the reason we gave Formgrids to the man in the street is to lift the level of education of the general racing man to create more interest into a flagging horseracing industry,, we wanted to help uplift the South African horseracing industry and we felt the racing operators should have helped us cover some of the costs of Formgrids, for THEIR customers, and leave it free for all and develop it into a super tool for racing,,,, ,,,, we have waited patiently for eight long years and have kept Formgrids as a information site avoiding betting,,,, refusing bookmakers advertising space in support of the tote,,, but what for ? ,, they dont see us as allies,,,, we support THEIR customers,,, helping THEIR turnover,,, we provide a service to OWNERS, BREEDERS, TRAINERS, and all others in the game,,,,
I cant help it that the racing operators were not on the same page and saw us as competition in their quest to grab every cent out of racing,, nowhere do I see anything in the new dispensation written up for money to be "put back into racing" for development,, so what is the use of trying to help build the game,,,,
when I switched off Formgrids previously it was as I stated a " protest against the industry leaders refusal to assist us in presenting Formgrids to the Asian racing conference" ,, where we might have found international support to further Formgrids as the super tool its intended to be,,, we still have not completed some of the stuff on our first list written eight years ago,,,,, it all boils down to the fact that Phumelela wants to concentrate on the R20 punter as they have stated many times,, they feel the internet is not used by the masses and therefore only makes up a small fraction of the pools so there is no need to spend money they wont recover on that group,,, also the HRA BOSS FELT THAT ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT USE OR UNDERSTAND FORMGRIDS IF IT WAS ANY GOOD THE RACING ASSOCIATION OR PHUMELA WOULD HAVE FUTHERED IT ALREADY,,,,,,,,, Phumelela boss also does not use or understand Formgrids and says RA boss has not told him if Formgrids is worth supporting,,, RA has been in talks with us for two or three years and we were waiting for them to be ready to resume talks,,,,, they made us a separate offer of R2m for Formgrids which I refused,,,,,
we are now in premature talks with an international betting and information giant and may well soon be a paying site.
