Why are you OK with that? I’m intrigued
Contracts change all the time, there is no such thing as “forever-contract”. I do expect aff programs’ contracts to change to reflect current situations, and in fact they often do. There is not a single program which at one point in time has not changed their T&C. In the “real world” the contracts are often re-negotiated for the same reason – to reflect current conditions. If you ever enter a contract with the believe that it will be the same forever, you may be in for a surprise, and you obviously are.
Yes, I know your standard reply will be “but they changed it retroactively!”. But they didn’t. If the contract was retroactive, that would mean that BCP will have to go back through your account history and take away commission for the months where you have not referred any players. Instead they don’t apply the rule to past months, rather FROM NOW ON. What you guys mean is not “retoractive” but you wan to be “grandfathered” into the contract, i.e. the new rules do not apply to old affiliates. That’s completely different from “retroactive”, please, stop using this word when you don’t know what it means.
Or in other words, the contract has just been re-negotiated. The old contract is void, the new contract is on the table and just like any other business in the world, you have the option not to “sign” it.
If you are unhappy with the outcome – you may want to PM Lou and tell him that he should be a thougher negotiator. I am a little upset that Lou just renegotiated a contract with a program for the entire industry WITHOUT asking for the input FIRST, althoug, again, I am for two-side contracts.