Is it
really that much of a problem?

Stop being a bunch of moaning old women and click the links to help fund the site. JV seems to prefer this method to having a pay-4-exclusivity-badge-of-leetism type deal so get clicking, maybe if you all clicked the links at the top enough he'd not have put them at the bottom too
Here's a thought, disable all sig pics and replace them with adverts like other sites do or put adverts in between each reply to a topic