Does "signing" January 15th sound like an upcoming commitment to anyone else? If he can't legally sign with us that day, I'm not sure what the significance is other than an announcement of some sort. And what would be the point of him re-announcing for us?
I hope what really happened is that he signed in the ESD period and is just doing the ceremony the 15th. But if so... Why wait to announce it when he already had a ceremony lined up during the period?
This is as strange of a recruitment as I can remember. Nothing I can think of is really making sense.