Nice to read your thoughts on this critical matter before us all @jaynie. I think it can be distilled down ...

"... and if you want to look at it from a business perspective it really IS as simple as that… UNLESS there is A) Obtainable legal documentation from Steemit inc. that verifies what that stake is or is not permitted for, or B) a way of proving that the stake was never Ned’s property to sell in the first place, thus rendering the sale itself invalid (I would assume). Unless one of those two things can happen here ..."

... to what is legally binding. The Soft Fork 22.2 decision made him an adversary. Full stop. Period. Both this man's resolve and resources are much more formidable than he is getting credit for in most of what I am "hearing" on our Steem blockchain. Certainly prior to the Soft Fork 22.2 decision ...

Either a provably and legally binding case needs to be made to him that relentlessly drives him into accepting the Soft Fork 22.2 "decree" or a profitable win-win for him needs to be negotiated. And the uglier and more expensive this mess gets, the more profitable the latter will need to be ...

The one interesting wild card in all of this is his perception of the damage being done to his reputation and his "brand" by all of the global media / social media coverage, which does not seem to be going his way. Lots of factors involved in his perception (not to be confused with reality) ... And what he may deem to be in his overall best interest, as a result ...