GOM 1,017 Report post Posted January 21, 2020 Hard case. I see on G data the Aussies are asking why data from NZ is not included because they want to follow their favourite dogs that are now all racing in NZ. Who would have thought? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiknsmack 469 Report post Posted January 22, 2020 Seven or eight years back I was recording race replays from Manawatu off Freeview Trackside onto a thumb drive, editing them down into individual races, then manually adding the race results and videos to GData. I spoke to GData (Gunnar or Tony, can't remember) about getting results and GData ratings added automatically like they are for the UK & Ireland, and they said they needed a way to access the results data, ideally in a particular format, which required the help of the governing body. I put this to GRNZ (along with one of my many whinges about why they couldn't add race videos to the GRNZ site; my pet peeve at the time) and it was apparently getting passed along up the chain, but nothing ever came of it. There may be a small question around intellectual property rights; would GRNZ give rights to publish historical data to GData for free when RITA/NZRB are looking to charge overseas betting providers for the right to publish racefields? But I see them as different things; GData won't be making direct profit from publishing past results whereas bookies make direct profit from publishing future fields and taking bets on them. The difference between publishing past results and publishing future fields is a major one IMO (basically one has quite a bit of value we should be capturing and one doesn't), but it's not *quite* as simple as saying "This might boost overseas interest in domestic racing, which might boost turnover, which would help with stakes and the overall health of the industry, so we should just do it.". So it might take a couple of phone calls and a couple of weeks of thinking, but hopefully it happens sooner than later. I know that's not the point you were making, just thought I'd share my thoughts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM 1,017 Report post Posted January 22, 2020 Yep it didn't surprise me that the head office was sitting on your idea for years, but I wonder at the overseas interest at all . The only interest in them seem to be from the Aussies who wish to see how a large portion of their dogs are doing. Mind you we will only create interest outside NZ by providing info to the rest of the greyhound world which is what you were trying to help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...