If he initiates the option, that's okay, but as I remember, they need to be free from each other. I'll do some reading again, I just finished the book I was in anyway, so why not? With the approval of 2,4 r/c for this year, the whole picture was changed, but I gotta tell ya, judging the nats was a ball this year because of all the options we saw used successfully. (Successfully is the key word here!)
It was a good move, at least in my opinion.