Time to have our voices heard - Criticism of the PPA

[IGotABigDeck]

i signed up with them and never got my free t-shirt

[Asianj]

To me, help with money and membership are two different issues.

Clearly if the PPA requires additional funding it should be actively requesting assistance from the owners of the largest sites. They are a lot poorer today than last week but logically should if anything be more be willing to invest in good regulation. To me the fault in what has happened lies much less with the PPA and more with the largest sites. Active players were paying them a very healthy amount and more than enough to look after their own interests - and they did not.

As for a membership drive, I think we should all help with that and the idea of state chapters with on the ground motivated teams leading the charge makes a lot of sense to me. It is hard to organize much less operate an organization with hundreds of thousands if not millions of people if it is overly centralized. It is also easier to address a broader spectrum of local issues with less centralized management.

The ironic thing is it appears a lot of great ideas and a sense of activism are being produced by the poker community in reponse to this crisis. I think there is at least a fair chance that poker will be much more of a political force in this country in 1- 2 years than any politican could have ever imagined last week.

The Democrats should take advantage of this opportunityif they have any sense (which historcially they have not).

[bearly]

a serious question here: it has been estimated by very respected posters and experts (i am not one), that the raked sites (roughly 10%) cannot support more than 6-8% of the players being winners. i am not a winner. why should i support the sharks on this and other forums who are beating the drums? and i have no use for the argument that it is the principle of protecting our rights. gambling has not been a right in this country, in the same way that freedom of speech or other basic rights have been construed. here in so cal various jurisdictions have held that gambling is legal, then illegal, then legal again. been going on for my entire life. well, that is my 1/2 cent worth..........b

[Pokertini]

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i signed up with them and never got my free t-shirt

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[PokeReader]

Which is why it must be free. You have no chance of getting to a million members with a 20 dollar charge. I do this for I living, (run federal political campaigns), you need a sign up here to help repeal internet poker ban. Then you use the list to fund raise. Some people will work and not give, some will be low dollar givers, and some people you are wasting asking them for 20 dollars when you should be asking them for 20 thousand.