But instead, all he would be able to do was watch, like everyone else, and see how it played out at the end.
Much of this is playing out at the local level.
He would have preferred to play out his career at Virginia.
The moment that played out at Intel's press conference was a long time coming.
Trade and investment have a way of playing out at a personal level.
How did the broad social changes play out at these particular schools?
How this will play out at Lawrenceville remains to be seen.
"I learned to play by playing out at the high school, up against the brick wall," he said.
But the changes are playing out at smaller fairs as well.
She decided to play them out at the game they had chosen.