^ Whatever actually happened in in Tanner's case, it adds an interesting new twist to the social convention of "going pro". Before I subconsciously assumed that "going pro" meant that afterwards you would be pro permanently, as if it changed your social status like an academic degree does. Now we have to ask every time someone goes pro: "Yes, he went pro, but is he going to be a permanent pro or a temp pro? Is she more like a one-year pro, five-year pro or ten-year pro?" Brave new world.