There has to be some starting point. This has been talked to death already and no one has come to any sort of agreement or association that works for everyone.
My thinking is that we will continue to be shaved here and there, according to the whims of affiliate managers until we learn to band together.
Perhaps those of us who are already big and making tens of thousands each year have no need for such an association.
I feel that if a large enough group of us little guys did get together and chose who to promote as a larger block, we would have the kind of pull in this industry that will make screwing us something a casino would think twice about.
In order to start up such an association, everyone involved would have to make some sacrifice, I am sure. But it’s better to sacrifice now for more future gain, than to go on meekly as we are.
The starting point would simply be for the group to elect unanimously which casino group will receive the most exposure from each member. That doesn’t mean “pee-peeing” on anyone.
However, it would mean that, should significate evidence point to cheating on the part of any casino group, the whole group would first enter into diplomatic correspondence with them, and blacklist them as a last resort.
Nothing is perfect, but there is a better way to do things than as powerless individuals.