[iMcompliKted]

First my disclaimer, I'm a small affiliate who worked at one site, where I also played, for the past year.
Most of rakeback affiliates being whores is not an intelligent, informed opinion and the idea of a union is exactly what they represent. Why call them names for taking a couple percent off the top when they get an individual player more than he could ever get on his own? There are plenty of instances of crooks or affiliates that aren't looking out for their players, but you would need to illustrate these examples specifically against the large group of affiliates that do good business.
This is a paid forum and difficult sometimes to have a forthright discussion about rakeback, but any attempt to do so that I've seen is with the player's interests in mind. That is just good business. And you insult them for it? Players looking for answers that cannot be provided here won't have much difficulty getting them answered elsewhere, if they choose to look.