Originally Posted by Laker24

I would respond by saying that there is a seniority list which governs East and West. It is called the NIC. Standby for implementation. I guess we will see who is right in about 10 months. Arguing on here is truly a waste of time so I will save my energy. But I would strongly recommend reading the 3 days of transcripts from the preliminary arbitration. Very informative. I almost felt embarrassed for Pauley. Reading between the lines it was quite clear that the arbitrators found him to be full of ****e.

It is also interesting that they came out with an early ruling considering the extremely compressed timeframe to reach a decision. I'm quite confident the West has the moral and legal high ground in this case.