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The McMahon/Russo stuff was to illustrate that the big wrestling companies *have* gone out of their way to break kayfabe, something which you refuted earlier. Like it or not a majority of fans still think that WWE = wrestling, so whatever they do impacts on the entire business.
I distinguished DSW from WWE only in the sense that they do not tour nationally, they work a local area and so the chances of them being seen out on the town are far higher. The article doesn't mention exactly how rigid they're being aside from 'restaurants and bars', so it's pretty safe to assume, like Alienoid mentioned, it will be something along the lines of "don't be seen having a beer with the guy who just beat the shit out of you". To me, that makes sense.
Most of the argument revolves around Raw or whatever because they are being prepared (presumably) to be promoted to TV when they are ready. Or aren't, in some cases. That's the whole point of the feeder system, to ingrain into them how to work, how to behave, etc etc (although I'm not sure if you can be taught how to handle being hazed by Bradshaw in the showers). If they are taught these things early in their careers the better the chance it will stick and it will help them if/when they make it because of what I outlined before.
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