Quote: karetaker "So what happened to the done deal for 2017.'"
As suspected it seems none of the various stories were ever "done deals" ....more likely they were just that....stories spread from a Walter Mitty type player who whispered his tales of "done deals" (or should it be tails?) into the confidential ears of a circle of acquaintances knowing that they would swallow the bait and within hours all would be in the public domain.