You're already supposed to be on the BOL, and once you sign for the load, you're already financially responsible for it. That's why we carry motor cargo insurance. Am I misreading/misinterpreting/misunderstanding something here? I mean yeah, the rest sounds shady AF, but the stuff I'm quoting is pretty standard.
It's always important to read the agreements that you sign and read the rate cons very well before you sign them. Anymore I almost have to be in a certain mood to look at a new broker because I have to really take the time to read through everything and have the time to waste if they turn out to be a waste of time with their nonsense. And there are broker's they will try to throw all the responsibility onto the carrier. I even had one that on the rate con said that I agree that if the receiver for any reason whatsoever refuses the product, that I agree to haul it back to the shipper at fifty cents a mile. Screw them. And the blind shipments that I have been offered I never took because the brokers acted very shady about it. It may be perfectly fine but they wanted me to have my own fax machine and print this up and make this up and tell this person that and I don't want to be bothered with any of that... Just give me my load and my paperwork and pay me and that's great.