Fossilman's Account Hacked?

[JayTee]

It seems to me that the founders of the WPT took an investment risk in creating it with the hope of turning a profit in the future (some of which would obviously come from marketing the likeness etc.. of the players). They created a contract which stated what the players had to agree too and the players signed it.

Now, after sometime these seven players have realized that the use of their likeness etc... is not helping or perhaps even hurting their bottom line. So they have filed this suit to try and end the practice.

I obviously do not know all of the details and am just making an opinion from what I have read. If the above is true, then it seems that the statement about doing this for the good of all the players is misleading.

If players don't like the contract then they don't have to play in the WPT. It seems like you guys might be making this bit about them locking up the casinos more of an issue than it really is.

My issues with all of this basically amounts to three things:

1. Are the seven players motives in this suit really what they are saying, or are their additional reasons that may hold more importance?

2. The WPT contract may be something that some players think is excessive. If that is the case, then don't play. They can't last very long with no players.

3. This relates to #2. How much does not playing in the WPT effect these seven players ability to make a living? How does it effect the masses of other players which these seven claim to be harmed by the practice?