I agree that the days of a Scarfo-style bloodletting are past, but it's hard to dismiss the money factor in all of this. Say you're a South Philly guy running a sports book. It's halfway through the football season and you're making bank--but you're taking a chunk of your weekly profit and sending it to a guy who might be in Lewisburg by next fall. Don't you start talking to your peers about a change in management? Or, if nothing else, aren't you tempted to stop kicking up? What if someone like Phil Narducci says "kick half as much up to me, its new management"?
There is A reason your kicking up in the first place. YOUR SCARED or they put you in action. nobody worth there salt is going to just kick up of course they dont want to pay. Lets say you were paying Merlino and you know he is going away, someone is going to get that action for Merlino. why would Nardducci take half ? when you were paying full freight to MErlino wouldnt that be disrespect towards Narducci?
