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1. GBT doesn't own FTP yet, so it seems a payment would be premature
2. Posters complaining about BG wanting to have US players repaid are missing the big picture - Right now it is set up that the debts would be repaid to GBT who would repay ONLY the ROW players. Barry has a good point that it isn't fair if all debts go to ROW players and US players are not made whole. Things might be different if the DOJ would step up and back the US player balances, but that hasn't happened yet.
There is a big difference between "I will pay back the money once you buy FTP" and "I want to give that money to the account the DOJ uses to repay US players", as in the first case, FTP eventually gets the money, and in the second case FTP never actually gets the money back and the new owner basicly has to pay back the loan.
Barry needs to pay FTP, not the DOJ. While I understand that the DOJ paying back americans brings in a whole other perspective, it shouldn't change who you pay the money to. Why are US players so scared that they don't get paid by the DOJ? Isn't GBT paying a huge fine to the DOJ that will cover these refunds?