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Has Ellison blinked?
01 Nov 2007
'We are looking forward to putting this dispute about the rules behind us and racing for the America’s Cup in 2009 in Valencia as planned. That’s what we want, and that’s what all the challengers want,' said Larry Ellison, syndicate head of the club’s America’s Cup team, BMW Oracle Racing.
He added, however: 'But it is impossible to accept a design rule that we have never seen.
Popular opinion suggest Ellison is winning the court case (poker game?) after the hearing on October 22, when the judge promised to make his decision known at an unspecified future date, at the same time suggesting the two side should continue talking.
After Ellison's hard line in pushing the conflict into court, it seems he has now blinked and given Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi team – and its club, the Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) – a hint that some horse trading might be on the cards.
The American team has told challengers it's ready to agree to wide ranging new proposals if it can confirm for itself that the design rule developed by Alinghi is fair for all competitors.
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