It was Everton who were the first to mention the T word. Trust. There wasn't a lot of it in the room, as the authors of Project Big Carve-up faced their fellow Premier League shareholders.
By the afternoon, a letter had been drafted suggesting a united front, with all 20 clubs as signatories. The project was dead, replaced by a review in which the entire Premier League, not just its most-entitled members, would contribute. But let's not pretend. It won't be the same.
The Big Six have been meeting in secret for some time now, and every club knew that.