Good stuff!!... If you don't love the things that you do there really is no point doing them. Money on this side of the pond isn't the huge factor... Getting your promotion in to the public eye is. When you can do that, the spoils of victory will be yours!
It shows that unless we sign/agree whatever to a release our property (image, matches etc), it remains ours.
The image and the charater will always remain your property unless signed over to work a show. Contract always come first and when ever I or the company that I work for book an artiste (music, entertainment or whoever) the said person MUST sign a contract or we will over book and not use them. This saves people no showing and fans not being let down. In my line of work the target market is primary... We are there to meet their needs on all entertainment levels.
NO contract NO show! It's as simple as that. Hell... I have one of my family members that works with me and he signed a secrecy contract as not to pre release any diclosed information. There is a £15'000 default on that contract... I know he doesn't have £15'000... therefore NO DEFAULT. Easy. Business teaches some very harsh lessons... Take it from someone who has been screwed more than Jenna Jameson, but corrected all my errors for the next time. I love my business and have more than paid my dues.