...wishful thinking or a real possibility that our Board saw the only way to oust these snakes was to appear to play his game while documenting the situation and waiting till patents were tested and sufficient evidence to prove...

Well, thats what i call to START looking at the other side of the coin....continue to think deeper. (i.eg. Master Agreement, Violation of Contract)

May be you will come to conclusion that others on this board have a valuable contribution, aside from only emotional motivated insults, that more/less are part the of human condition.