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What jumped out to me was this: "They have said all along if we get a chance where we think we are in it, then we are going to give you the resources..."
If? Then? Is it too much to ask to maybe put yourself in position to "think you're in it" at the start of a season? If you get lucky with the scraps you're given, then we might allow you to fight with the Morenos?
Sometimes the real news is not in the big news, but in decoding the language of the spin.
BTW, if Z was going to complain about the budget discreetly, how would he do it? Things that make you go "hmmmmmm"....