Players have to bounce around to keep making money, no one is going to jump to another company and take less money. Their "name" is their resume, like those who job hop every two years with their resume on linkedin or whatever that is. The crazy thing is a lot of people could care less what Shaw, SVB, Earl...etc plays with, and 99% has no idea who Loree Jon is. I could ask 20 APA players in my town "do you play with a Meucci because Jayson Shaw uses one" and they would say "who is that, is he a 7 around here". Its fun to be a rep and have your name and face out there, aint none of them trying to sneak up on anyone so having free cues and your expenses paid to play pool is a no brainer.