Originally Posted by Xanderman

This may not be popular with my west brothers and sisters but I will admit that the Nic is probably not going to be used in its unaltered form. That greatly disappoints me. None of us created the award. We, through our elected reps, agreed to let this guy decide what was to be. We argued a method just as the east did. Nicolau decided. Why the east never asked him to revisit the award if they felt it was inappropriate is beyond me. Hell he even went on to state that he would continue to have authority over that determination. Anyhow my point is; I do believe that the arbitrators will look at the current Nic and adjust it for existing equities. How that will be done is far beyond my pea-brain capabilities...