...but frankly you've missed out on a few years Z1 history, so you're missing a ton of context for that conversation, not to mention the information that doesn't even get posted to TTNet. Furthermore you aren't privy to the emails exchanged, or anything else regarding the situation.
Sure you find it ironic - all you see is (a) Kenny does fundraiser then (b) Russell makes implicit threat to pull sponsorship. You missed the other 95% =).