Oombanjo, always admire people with principles* but if the aim is to get back to playing at Nellies then it might be as well to be a little pragmatic.

IF, and it's a very big IF, the nod is given to play at a particular time it allows for the possibility of playing in the future. At the moment the door seems very much closed - if there is a possibility of at least having it slightly ajar then it's a step in the right direction, isn't it? Door to door salesman always keep there foot in the door just in case. There are probably plenty of people round the world who have a compete set of encyclopedias because they let the outsider in.

(* Newton and Archimedes immediately spring to mind)