Originally posted on 04/06/2013:

Quote Originally Posted by shari91 View Post
However I haven't seen one person say that BR is in the wrong for only wanting certain players at their book. Hell the exact opposite is what got BI into trouble so why would anyone argue with BR on that point?
Betislands failed because they were always nothing more than an underfunded 4-5 man shop offering a candy store of free half points, reduced juice, and great bonuses when the book was always nothing more than just a previous shit rated jazz brand. Meanwhile we had your former sharpest posters and best mod spotting the inevitable downfall of this book from the get go, but they were told to shut up as this was a prime opportunity to collect advertising and affiliate money after greek/betjam had just left the us market. Sbr swept all that information under the rug and reopened betisland's previous d- rating to a solid c, when they were being managed by nothing more than a tattoed idiot with no successful experience whatsoever in running a sportsbook, and in the process everybody was told everybody that Jon was the owner (iirc) and this book was backed by well respected people in the industry. After the failure we all get told that Jon was nothing more than a brand/marketing manager and there's no mention of who these well respected money backers ever were despite numerous posters asking for information. That's at least how I'll always remember betislands and what really got them and everybody dumb enough to trust sbr's ratings into trouble

At least you still post under your own name and aren't hiding I guess! That's more than some people can say