Well? CFTOD has at least stated that they would "consult" with Disney on whatever new agreements they make. That's sorta, kind of, a little bit OK for Disney. Yes? I'm trying as hard as I can to spin this in Disney's favor as much as I can...but it's REALLY difficult.
The settlement was lopsided for a reason. Many, many Florida lawyers stated from day one that this day WOULD eventually happen. The only people who were surprised by the way this ended were the players and fans "inside" the Disney sphere. Everybody else on the "outside" said: "Yup,...this was ALL easy to predict"
There is a LOT that happened behind the scenes that we were not aware of or made public. I think that as time went on, Disney said: "Oh no,...the more they uncover, the more embarrassing this all gets for us AND our employees personally" The whole on-site Power Plant scam alone and Duke Energy situation by itself was extremely embarrassing and that was just one of a hundred publicly embarrassing issues.
I would not be surprised if Disney's Board said:
"OK Iger....stop this MESS now before it gets worse. Swallow your political pride, STOP this and bail-out right NOW..."
Disney HAD to surrender and run. The more they tried to fight, the WORSE the public relations disaster was going to get for Disney. Disney & RCID was a Pandora's box that,...if it went to court...was going to be UGLY news for Disney and their "employees" that dealt with RCID. Depositions and testimony and terrible headlines of "corruption"??? We can disagree with the word "corruption" ALL we want...I get it,...but we all KNOW that word would be used every single day of any court case and it would be in every headline.
No no no....the State of Florida had little to lose and Disney had everything to lose.