You guys are missing my point or I'm failing to be clear. A moderator should have no conflict of interests or impartialities to either side. By working for SBR, J7 assumes both. If he was just advocating for the player, that would be fine. But if j7 rules against a particular book and the book refuses to comply with his suggestions(see EZ and Cory) then there is a price to be paid by the book in the form of lower ratings. Therefore, his role is more than an advocate and more consistent with a moderator. One with conflict of interests and being impartial.
I can understand why both of you are partial to J7, he found in your favor. But he did so against a book that does not pay to advertise on SBR, a fact he knows well, even though he's "not inolved on the business side" and "bases his decisions on US contract law". It is fair to at least question whether he found in the players favor here, in this case you two, because EZ does not advertise here. By not advertising SBR is losing out on potential money. Therefore EZ was dropped to a D-(?) grade.
So some of the obvious questions are does SBR find in the players favor more frequently against books that do not pay to advertise? Does SBR delete threads for sponsors (bovada, 5dimes, etc...) if the thread is negative against that particular book? Does SBR give higher ratings to books that pay to advertise?
I could certainly justify an answer of yes to each of the following. It's why I find J7's decisions, whether based on US contract law or not, laughable. Because of the obvious conflict of interest in supporting books that does not give SBR money and ruling against a book that does. It makes no sense what so ever.
Unless of course he rules in your favor.