Exactly Deluxe. It would take someone already at the top of the heap like thehun or Lens etc to attract all of the sponsors in. And it'd be real easy to shove all of the wannabe's out that try to keep going. If the sponsors have to have a group ID number and the wannabe has none, then they can't gain access to BE an affiliate.
The attorney would be a great idea once things got going too. Retainer for them? Doubt it would be needed. A good attorney would recognize the value of being part of such a group to gather in other clients.
Some sort of fee WOULD have to be paid tho. No one will work as hard as a spokesperson needs to for free. Too many hours are put in on that sort of job. Sounds like someones wanting to be a cheapie.
Considering the numbers of webmasters that are serious, it wouldn't have to be a large amount tho.
And no, it would never work with the BS attitude of preferred practices etc. Just look at tgp2... I demand a recip to my 100 hit a day tgp2 site. Pooh! You either vote a rule in or not. This is NOT a halfway measure that "perhaps" the surfer is safe on so and so's site. Does Helmy say perhaps we'll do something with a CP report to the ASACP? Or does he say we will investigate ALL reports to its fullest?
Most sponsors already have rules, and some mix could be set amongst them for the basis easily enough. All they'd have to do is start with their two basics that's common. NO Spam and NO non adult hosts. Then add in the no auto anything, shifting homepages and the like. And then try to figure in the laws from the different countries. Such as the one US law we see broken all the time... It states there WILL be a warning page with NO nudity on it.
It is us doing it or someone like A*****ft. Think he would take ANY half measures?? If you believe that, I do have some swampland reportedly dry and tillable. It will say so on the deed! Trust me.
