What is the PURPOSE of this? Why in the world would a sponsor possibly want to stymie the efforts of someone who signed up to promote them? What do they possibly have to gain by doing this?
I am never going to comprehend this, but if anyone has any insight, I will try.
Most of my efforts are spent on our own paysites so I don't have the time or a ton of traffic to send to other people, but when I do it totally chaps my hide to have this happen, particularly since I try to promote smaller sponsors with unique, underexposed content.
Who cares if I wait one month, one year or five years to promote you after I sign up? Why do you want to alienate someone who cannot send a steady stream of traffic?
Sigh.