Mr. V wrote:
I was told that this was a done deal weeks before the convention even happened. It just wasn't shared with many people.
Isn't Vin better for the sport as a whole? What was JJK going to do?
Some say it was a done deal when they realized that VL needed an opponent for appearance sake and Nike picked JJK to be the straw man.
straw man candidate :
opponent set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated