They showed the results of long hours spent together putting the finishing touches on the deal, occasionally completing each other's sentences.
After playing in all 54 of the club's games that season, he put pen to paper on the deal in May 2011.
If it did, the delay alone might be enough to put the kibosh on the whole deal.
Setanta declined to put a value on the three-year deal, but sources said it would be "in the low millions".
People did not put a price tag on the deal.
Even the $13,000 net, which is the best face you can put on the deal, is not real.
But lawmakers, like nervous home buyers, seem reluctant to put the finishing touches on the deal.
It remained uncertain until the very last minute whether the founder would put his signature on the deal.
But the Australian government put several restrictions on the deal.
No price was put on the deal, but analysts estimated the joint company would be valued between $200 million and $350 million.