Well I don't agree that the surfer belongs to the sponsor as soon as he hits the tour, but that's probably because I'm out of date. I thought the idea was to send the surfer to try to get joins to a paysite, and the sponsor would try to maximise the income from his members. That seems to have changed, and now the sponsor seems to feel he can make as much as possible from the affiliates traffic, and only pay out enough to ensure a continued flow.
It looks to me as if pps could be entering its period of final decay.
