Ad Hoc Commitee reccos Excelsior

Originally Posted by philcski

I'm sure the promise of a $100MM upfront had nothing to do with their selection.

Dude, this was a handpicked committee selected by folks who wanted to make sure NYRA didn't get the bid. That was basically the single biggest qualification to be placed on the committee, that teh members not support NYRA. Knowledge of the inner or obvious workings of the game was not a criteria in any way.