No problem.

I think that this instance teaches us a very important lesson -- we should always try to establish rules before we know who is going to be effected by them.

When TB passed this one, we had no idea of who would gain or who would lose. FewMiles did not get called upon to replace anyone in 2004 and it was very possible that there would be no opening in 2005.

At the time it was theoretically possible that Doc would be the first runner up in 2005 and FewMiles the first runner up in 2006. If somebody left in 2006 it would FewMiles who would gain by this rule and Doc who would lose.

TB was able to look at the situation objectively simply because we did not know who it would impact and how. This would not be true today -- if we had to decide, following my announcement, who would be first in line there would be no question that it would boil down to a question of personalities and friendships. At that point, it would become a very dirty business.