Last year Referback decided to change a clause in the aff contract.
It set an avalanche in motion. Soon Wagerjunction, Money Mechanics, Fortune and Vegas Partners did the same. The programs figured that contracts with affiliates need not be honored, and they can just do whatever they like, pay us, not pay us, pay us if we do certain things and so on.
It caused an outcry, and Money Mechanics kept the clause but made it only applicable to new affiliates, leaving the existing contracts intact.
The others programs stuck to their guns. Affiliates started blacklisting and taking the issue to the player boards. Next Wager Junction came around. It took months for the other three to feel the pain and change these clauses.
I never had any problem with any of the above programs before the breach of contract, and I don’t now. Like these programs, Simon has always run a clean ship. That doesn’t mean VIP can set a precedent now that puts our industry in chaos. We got enough to worry about without chasing after all kinds of programs breaking contracts.
Mario, Simon, get this fixed and make it applicable only to new affiliates signing up going forward, and everyone can go back to business as usual.
This is not personal, and it is not about VIP Profits. It is about a clean industry where a hand shake is a hand shake and a contract is a contract.