Gene,
I agree that it takes a team effort in order for any organization to be successful.

However, there are necessary divisions of labor. In my opinion, these divisions serve several purposes. Not the least of these purposes is the expectation of propriety.

I believe that an organization should compensate their management is such a fashion that tips are not necessary. I also believe that an organization should pay their dealers more than $5.85 an hour after three years of employment, but that is another subject for another day.

When decision making supervisors and managers are allowed to receive tokes from players and dealers the potential appearance of impropriety enters into the equation. Sure, it's nice to believe that the generosity of a player or dealer doesn't enter into the decision making process and I'm not accusing anyone of playing favorites. I do believe that a squeeky clean image benefits all involved.

What I am saying is that many properties expressly forbid this practice in order to avoid possible conflicts of interest. For example, the last time I hit a high hand jackpot at Mandalay Bay after taking care of the dealer I tried to also take care of the floor man. He refused and cited company policy.

Then there are properties that explicitly forbid the practice but turn a blind eye and implicitly allow the practice. If the company feels strongly enough about the practice to forbid it in the employee handbook I believe they should enforce the ban on a day to day basis.

I already see that there are no LVRJ articles about the Wynn situation today. The only reference I can find in Friday's paper is a few letters to the editor. As you predicted it appears that this issue has already begun to fade.

I guess my parting thought is that a highly successful company should be able to compensate their management in such a way that dealer earnings are irrelevant. It's the attitude that dealers don't deserve to make a good living or don't deserve the tokes that they receive that doesn't sit well with me.

Let's face the fact that Mr. Wynn thinks that his dealers are making too much money, much more than he thinks they are worth. This condescending attitute is what is destressing.

If Mr. Wynn wants to create an atmosphere where talented dealers are clamoring to become floors, he certainly has it within his power to raise the wages of floor supervisors and managers.

I don't believe the only way to foster a team atmosphere is by redistributing the tokes.