I have never purchased a pick however it sounds like many of you have been burned by those who offer "pay for pick" type services. Yet, I would like to differentiate between someone who keeps and honest record and does so well on a consistent basis (I am not suggesting that LT falls in this catagory) that their service (ability to call the right play---how they get there I don't care) is marketable. A tout is someone who is unrelenting with emails and phone calls and at times offers both sides of a game (A scammer. LT (at least on SBR) and perhaps a handful of cappers do not fall into this catagory. The fact of the matter is someone who releases 25-30 picks or more a week and wins consistently is doing something right and my assumption is that in doing so they are taking away time from their friends and family (essentially doing a job) and I have no problem with someone seeking compensation for that service if they do it in a responsible and ethical manner.
Grabbed from WIKI
In British English, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in an importune manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor in American English).
A ticket tout is someone who engages in ticket resale for more than the face value of the ticket (though a ticket reseller is known colloquially as a scalper rather than a solicitor in North American parlance). In recent years some British ticket touts have moved into Internet ticket fraud.[1]
According to the American Bar Association, touting is where a person advertises, promotes, or otherwise describes a security for sale without disclosing that the person is being paid to do so.
An example would be a person who frequents heavily touristed areas and presents himself as a tour guide (particularly towards those who do not speak the local language), but operates in on behalf of local bars, restaurant or hotels, being paid to direct tourists towards certain establishments.
In a similar fashion a tout could be someone who, acting upon his own initiative, loads or unloads the baggage from a bus, then demands payment for his services from the passengers. However, in Kenya, which was a British colony, a tout is a legitimate, though not very respected occupation. Touts ride on "matatus," minivans that serve as the primary form of public transportation, collecting the fare and soliciting passengers.
In gambling parlance, a tout is a person who sells sports betting information to bettors. Another use for the term is when used to refer to an informer or spy. This use is very common in Northern Ireland, particularly in Belfast. In 2008, various inner city Dublin gangs launched the highly popular and deadly campaign 'Out a Tout'. Those outed as Garda Scum were liberated from the banal toutery of their existence.
Occasionally, informational graffiti is posted in inner city estates in Ireland - a prime example being 'Shay and Wendy are Garda touts'.
Grabbed from WIKI
In British English, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in an importune manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor in American English).
A ticket tout is someone who engages in ticket resale for more than the face value of the ticket (though a ticket reseller is known colloquially as a scalper rather than a solicitor in North American parlance). In recent years some British ticket touts have moved into Internet ticket fraud.[1]
According to the American Bar Association, touting is where a person advertises, promotes, or otherwise describes a security for sale without disclosing that the person is being paid to do so.
An example would be a person who frequents heavily touristed areas and presents himself as a tour guide (particularly towards those who do not speak the local language), but operates in on behalf of local bars, restaurant or hotels, being paid to direct tourists towards certain establishments.
In a similar fashion a tout could be someone who, acting upon his own initiative, loads or unloads the baggage from a bus, then demands payment for his services from the passengers. However, in Kenya, which was a British colony, a tout is a legitimate, though not very respected occupation. Touts ride on "matatus," minivans that serve as the primary form of public transportation, collecting the fare and soliciting passengers.
In gambling parlance, a tout is a person who sells sports betting information to bettors. Another use for the term is when used to refer to an informer or spy. This use is very common in Northern Ireland, particularly in Belfast. In 2008, various inner city Dublin gangs launched the highly popular and deadly campaign 'Out a Tout'. Those outed as Garda Scum were liberated from the banal toutery of their existence.
Occasionally, informational graffiti is posted in inner city estates in Ireland - a prime example being 'Shay and Wendy are Garda touts'.
