But a court ruled earlier this week that the BCCSL had not published a financial statement 30 days prior to an election of new officials - a requirement under Sri Lankan law and the Board's own constitution.
The board members of the NFLPA have to recommend that to the rest of the players, and then from a technical perspective, go through the process of changes to its own status with the likes of the IRS, National Labor Relations Board, and address its Constitution and By-Laws.
To help calm such fears, the government has changed the country's constitution to give the canal's all-Panamanian supervisory board a unique degree of independence.
Questions were raised about the legitimacy of Cordray's appointment when a federal appeals court ruled in January that Obama violated the U.S. Constitution by using a recess appointment in the same way to place two people on the National Labor Relations Board.