Maybe this is wishful thinking on my part but I think Tilton has been too desperate in pimping UA out for a merger. Like the desperate girl looking for a date to the prom UA will be left home sitting and watching reruns of "Sex and The City". UA be left out in the coming mergers on Consolidation Night.
My prediction - no merger this year and Tilton will step aside. He will figure that he has gotten all he can out of UA and will just move on.