Now I maybe speaking out of my ass here, having never been in David's position. Shouldn't his future designation have been part of the contract? As an example,

Now I maybe speaking out of my ass here, having never been in David's position. Shouldn't his future designation have been part of the contract? As an example, admittedly unrelated to this, when J.K.Rowling agreed for Harry Potter movie to be made, she negotiated and put a condition in the contract for the entire cast to be British or Irish.