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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 248105" data-attributes="member: 2525">1) The submission contest could not have any relationship to a pending sale.&nbsp; Having done nearly 50 mergers and acquisitions in my time, one of the primary rules of all acquisitions is that both parties continue to behave exactly like they would have behaved if there was not a pending acquisition, right up until the date the documents are all signed.&nbsp; That's because MOST acquisitions fall apart (even up until the day of signing).&nbsp; WOTC would not have done anything in anticipation of a sale.2) Ted Turner isn't nearly as bad as the rumors here seem to portray him.&nbsp; He has some pretty damn smart people working for him.&nbsp; The likelyhood is that, if his companies acquired D&amp;D (unlikely though that now seems), you would probably start seeing national television-based ad campaigns for D&amp;D.&nbsp; In my mind, that would be a good thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 248105, member: 2525"] 1) The submission contest could not have any relationship to a pending sale. Having done nearly 50 mergers and acquisitions in my time, one of the primary rules of all acquisitions is that both parties continue to behave exactly like they would have behaved if there was not a pending acquisition, right up until the date the documents are all signed. That's because MOST acquisitions fall apart (even up until the day of signing). WOTC would not have done anything in anticipation of a sale. 2) Ted Turner isn't nearly as bad as the rumors here seem to portray him. He has some pretty damn smart people working for him. The likelyhood is that, if his companies acquired D&D (unlikely though that now seems), you would probably start seeing national television-based ad campaigns for D&D. In my mind, that would be a good thing. [/QUOTE]

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