whoah wrote: In all fairness is Agrella been victomised by suspending him for 3 months with no suspended sentence ..For gambling and Morganrood off all charges .Niewenhuisen wife get 20k of which 15k suspended for racialism.Smith gets monetary fine .for so many offences .. Were is justice ???
In a case like this I don't understand why the NHRA was even involved - That is a Civil or Criminal matter and they should have told the parties to use those avenues(I presume the trainer's wife falls under NHRA rules hence the sanction) - Also serious as the action was it is two people having an argument and one insulting another which happens all the time in life and I think the fine is fair(I do not condone these actions and I understand that if you fall under NHRA rules they can sanction you) -
In the Smith case and the Agrella case those actions directly influence the Integrity of the Bet(the life blood of the NHRA) and I feel that if Agrella got suspended for betting then at the very least Smith should have had his license suspended as his actions were CHEATING and the intent to CHEAT. It was not proven that Agrella was manipulating races and I'm not even sure if that was alleged but Smith's whole intent was to undermine the rules of fair competition and to DECIEVE the BETTING PUBLIC. I will never understand this decision.
