Nobody’s sneaking around.....if Trump had of been on top of the game he would also have been working the delegates...he wasn’t...that’s his failure...he had fielded no ground game to pull it off, and refused to do so until recently.
You say the delegates ‘should’ represent their voters...well that depends on how the state arranges bound and unbound delegates..and ‘when’ or ‘if’ they are free to vote as they wish at convention..
Most are bound in the first ballot...which is why Trump needs to get the representative delegates now before that first ballot....if he doesn’t some will be free to vote as they want in the second vote..etc.etc. no matter how many ballots must be done to obtain a winner. ...the wrangling will be hot and heavy.
Recently I watched a Fox show, where some establishment person was explaining that it is indeed possible and legal to “buy” delegates by, for example, offering luxury travel in exchange for an understanding of voting a certain way ... well, that’s an example of a thing done by sneaking around behind the scenes. It sure as heck isn’t “transparent”.
It’s just a little “encouragement”. It’s a “consideration”.
It appeals to people who have no morals, and are of low character. Such people also pretend to be for one candidate who they actually want to see lose. They are sappers. Ron Paul type delegates.
Reminds me of the radio show I listened to last week, I forget the host, but he told of how he was approached by more than one fellow “conservative” host or blogger who asked if he would help set up a interview with Trump. They assured this guy that they were either neutral, or admired Trump. Each of the interviews Trump did with the “neutral” media, the host tore into him - and so had obviously lied to influence the host who could help them schedule an interview with Trump. They abused this mans trust in them, and flat lied about their intentions. Nice conservatives, eh? There is a TON of sneaking and sapping going on. Everyone knows it.