On the morning of September 21 or 22, Hilary Schneider, Greg Mrva, and Yahoo media boss Jimmy Pitaro met with Patrick and Mike for breakfast at a hotel just off Times Square in New York.
Wednesday had failed in a penalty appeal after Clarke went down under a challenge from Patrick McCarthy but they were perhaps fortunate that referee Mike Dean allowed play to continue in the build-up to the Owls equaliser.
The initiative has been warmly welcomed by Mike Macnamee, chief executive of Bourn Hall Clinic - based near Cambridge - which was established by IVF pioneers Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.
