So all that railing that people did on him was for nothing. He'll be playing in the first game.
Accordingly, they overlooked a credit and that credit let him reach the time required.
I also want to mention that fanshots need to have a "quick thought" option where we can just post text. I don't have a link and I don't want to get a link so I can't write a fanshot, but there isn't enough here for a fanpost.