No, the board can combat "extortion" in other ways. Don't allow the initiator to _drop_ the request once started. Initiator pays all costs (I think this is al

No, the board can combat "extortion" in other ways. Don't allow the initiator to _drop_ the request once started. Initiator pays all costs (I think this is already done?). Then any extortion has to happen up front, and it becomes much more obviously extortion.