As far as I m aware there s no precedent to suggest that an arbitrator who holds a strong view in a case is unable to enforce the actual literal decision of the arbitration committee In fact it s a rather odd suggestion if arbcom members with strong feelings were unable to enforce the literal rulings of arbcom it d be a bit loony Eric was very very clearly attempting to poke the bear He knew he was under a sanction and even if he thought it was a stupid sanction he clearly and intentionally violated it to see if ArbCom was able or willing to enforce its rulings against him I imagine if he agreed to abide by the sanction and apologized it wouldn t be long before he was unblocked