Originally Posted by
cactiboss
Thats not what I'm saying, I'm saying they would never put his name up if they weren't prepared to have him. Was it strategy? Probably, just means the east got played since APa ended up with everyone on their list in the panel.
In most cases, yes, but putting up Nicolau was a no-brainer. Charles Manson would have a better chance of becoming an arbitrator anywhere in this SLI then Nic and that would be more apt to indicate that including Nicolau ensured the make-up of the arbitration panel was closer to their desired result. Nobody got "played", it's just that the Nic legacy gave the APA and extra ace card to better capitalize on the arbitrators they want. The Nic is a gift that keeps on giving, whether one like the gift or not.
