Ohhh...this thing is FAR from over. This new deadline for the new event is merely a stage show in an effort to show that there is some "support" for Ernesto's protocol. I have been surprised at how many of the smaller teams have complained about the lawsuit and find the current Alinghi protocol agreeable. I guess most of them just want to go sailing and feel that they have little chance to be a final contender so it doesn't matter to them? Perhaps?

There is certainly a pattern that the big teams that actually had the resources to be a true contender for the cup have not signed on with this stage show.