"The offer was not considered and George resigned from the board on Oct. 19
citing a conflict of interest in holding a seat while trying to reacquire the series he founded in 1996."
"Fans were just as opposed to George regaining control of the series, which was apparently never his intent."-
really? see above...
The rest of this fluff piece talks about how he wasn't trying to acquire control. I hope to hell they have a plan, but I'll be damned if it looks like they do.