One of the great things about Leaserig is that it gets out of the transaction and simply connects leasers and rig owners. This enables rig owners to lease their rigs the way they want to, to create a reputation, service their customers, and run their own business. If they suck, that will become known and no one will lease their rigs. They will improve or die. That's the free market, that's awesome!

If Leasrig is going to get in the middle of the transaction, by doling out the money with local payments, and controlling the reputation of the rig owners with some automatic and debatably inaccurate color scheme, then there is no point for rig owners to put so much effort into building a reputation by providing a superior service. At that point, it's no longer a free market of individual business owners, it becomes a commodity exchange.

If we're going down that road, why would I spend so much time monitoring my rigs and checking email and PMs. My customer-focus, drive and determination, and business acumen will be less valuable. If we're going down that road, why would a leaser come here vs some other service? Why would I lease my rigs here when I can join some other service that treats me like a commodity and doesn't ask me to waste my time servicing anyone?