I am not negating yours and other people's contributions in the least. Heck, I personally had conversations with the WPA myself that I think helped contribute to where things are today. What I was getting at though, is that what got the ball rolling was the public outcry and activism, some of it on here, that was very significantly stepped up from what it has ever been in years past. People calling you out on here, people telephoning Barry's office and riding his butt about his transgressions and then publicly reporting on it, unpaid players publicly doing the same for the first time, people like myself talking to board members of the WPA, etc.
As a result of that public outcry and activism, some of the people/entities who actually carry some weight in the industry started putting their feet down too, one of them being yourself. But there weren't too many people that mattered who were putting their foot down very firmly with Barry until this year after all the public outcry. Just as one example, you were still willing to work with Barry and were his tournament director just last year even though you fully knew his extensive history. And it is halfway understandable, as you probably figured as one guy your stand couldn't make much difference anyway unless others were willing to make the stand with you, and until the public activism this year there just really weren't enough others willing to make enough of a stand.
So yes, it was some key players in the industry that got the results, but what lit the fire under their butt to do so and to make that stand together was the public activism. Had that not happened it would be business as usual this year with no escrow and nobody significant in the industry making any real stand.
