I do agree that Stephen is a great affiliate manager for Paradise Poker, but he may not have a say in the matter if SportingBet wants to drop all affiliates for Paradise Poker. Maybe they are doing this to increase their bottomline to boost up the stock for their next earnings report? Who knows.
If I think there is even a 5% chance that Paradise Poker might drop their affiliates, I think I would be making a huge mistake sending players there when so many alternative sites exist. Of course the other poker sites can do the same thing and drop their affiliates, but this company seems to have a history of that whereas the other companies do not.