Hmmm just want to throw in IMO from a freoght carriers point of view who relies on you, 'brokers.'
Its not brokers themselves that are the problem, you provide me a valuable service, its you, 'unscrupulous brokers' who will lie cheat and do ANYTHINg just to get me to get me to p/u the load and get stuck with what you know was a crap load thats triple and quad brokered....where you guys just all wanted your cut...or a load that had no reason to be brokered cuz the shipper just wouldnt pay anything so you needed to tell him thats NOT a fair rate....but instead your hungry and looking for someone to sucker...me the carrier.
That usually isnt the case tho I think, usually its been brokered just too many times as the original shippe did pay a fair price, but the original broker was lazy or an idiot.