Finalizing and actually finalized are very different things in ICANN land. If they ever do try to implement this policy its likely to end up in court for years.

Finalizing and actually finalized are very different things in ICANN land. If they ever do try to implement this policy its likely to end up in court for years. I can't see Afilias just rolling over when .io (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory) ends up needing to be removed.