the point is that publicans only want to have venues where people are buyiong their drink [alcoholic or non alcoholic]. the more people spending money in the club the happier the piub;ican is to allow the club to be there.Why do you assume that people are going to tak because they havent paid or remain silent because they have paid,that is nonsense.
well if the venue is full it hardly matters if there is some complimentaries, the guest have done their job in drawing a lot of people. anyway the question is stupid anyway, this should all be sorted out individually by contract with each different group, and with consideration dependent on their fee.