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Originally Posted by gobbomom
had to emphasize this so people would quit slamming Greg. He's been awesome for poker. Shame on Pokerstars.
lol, way to jump to conclusions when you clearly have absolutely no idea what the terms of the negociation were.
So funny how people jump on the "let's hate big businesses" bandwagon any time something like this happens without even trying to think about the situation (which you obviously haven't)
Raymer is clearly not nearly as relevant as he was when they signed him.
His sponsorship (key word, here) deal was based solely on his marketing value.
He knew it, I don't think there was any deception on Stars' part and Raymer's not stupid enough to think he got the deal based on his looks.
His marketing value decreased significantly since then. Stars pbly let their renewed contract reflect that and he had to make a decision about whether to accept it or not, end of story.
A lot of these "pro's" have insane egos. Look at Hachem. This guy thinks raising more often than what he's comfortable with is "disrespectful to the game".
Basically if you put him out of his comfort zone, you're direspecting poker.
He couldn't beat 1/2 online to save his life, but woteva...
Obviously Raymer doesn't come close to Hachem's doucheyness level (who does, really?), but I wouldn't be surprised if he were confused and simply mistaken as to what his true marketing value really is.
Emotions, ego, etc...get in the way of honestly assessing these things, and I think that this is a much more likely scenario than Stars "shamefully" exploiting some guy whose marketing value isn't 10% of what it used to be by lowering his contract bonuses.
But hey, you seem to specialize in taking strong stances in a few words at your keyboard, and it's obviously doing something for you, so don't let me stop you...