"They saw the applications coming in, therefore had information the rest of us didn't have." But if you read and go through the application process (as well as

"They saw the applications coming in, therefore had information the rest of us didn't have." But if you read and go through the application process (as well as the process leading up to this where everything was discussed and layed out) what those companies are doing is allowed. So the fact that they saw that companies did this has no effect.