Delegating voting power in the way it is done today is considered by many to be a bandaid more than an actual solution. It is also risky for the whales to be sharing their private voting keys with others.
The blockchain level delegation of SP that is being worked on does not allow the original owner of the SP to collect any of the curation rewards from the SP that they delegated. It essentially acts as if the receiver has the SP for themselves.
RE: Whales - Can the community buy out a portion of your influence?