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Originally Posted by Major Major
If the deal was done, and then Fitz just tried to slide some retention in, well that's obviously stupid. I don't really buy that he would be that obtuse.
If the deal was not done, and Conroy decided to get Markstrom to waive because he assumed it was close enough, that's obviously stupid. I don't really buy that he would be that careless.
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Is it careless? Markstrom has an NTC. At some point, out of fairness to the people he was negotiating with, Conroy had to find out if Markstrom would even waive. You don’t want to get to the point where a dozen people on either end of the deal are ironing out the fine details, financials, etc. and then tell everyone “actually, sorry, turns out he’s not interested in a trade - call it all off.”
It’s a tricky situation, because you have three parties that all have to come an agreement, and one of those - who can veto the whole thing - doesn’t get involved until late.