There are so many sites now that readily post service plays that you can find out just about any of the selections of most tout services. So technically, it would only take one subscriber to pretty much blow up your business model (since most sites steal information from each other...so in other words, if it gets posted on one site, that will probably lead to 5+ sites posting your plays). I can understand if you've done a great job of marketing yourself over the years. The one person that comes to mind is Phil Steele of Northcoast fame. Although Northcoast has been nothing to write home about for quite some time, ESPN picked him up so I'm sure he must do well. Other than him though, I can't think of too many others that have really become a household name (maybe Jim Feist and his group?). It just seems like you'd need to have a "real" job to keep things afloat.
That makes a little more sense. FWIW, a friend of mine is subscribing to one of the top rated basketball services on the Sports Monitor of Oklahoma (it never gets posted, hence the reason for his purchase). The guy at the service said sometimes the picks will come out erratically because he's at work when he sends them (kind of indicates to me that these touts must not make all that much). Admittedly, it's just one, but I question why he would need to do this if he is ranked so high. And being that no one releases his plays, you'd actually think he'd have more business.
