I don't know. People are hypocrites, I suppose. While he's putting away the sitters, everybody loves him and wouldn't dream of selling him, but when he hits a slump, or God forbids, gets injured, he becomes the invisible man and the "cash in cow".
Soon enough, it has already started in other threads, people are gonna start saying how they love him and appreciate him but it'd probably be for the best to sell him and get some money.