Neat.
ICANN has a contract with Verisign to run .com and .net.
Verisign has contracts with registrars who sell .com and .net to end-users.
Verisign charges registrars $6.00 for each domain registration sold.
ICANN also has contracts with Registrars. These contracts stipulates that registrars fund a substantial portion of ICANN's budget.
Ergo twisto, this means that Registrars are financing Verisign's lawsuit against ICANN who is in turn using Registrar monies to defend it.
.com needs a better management team.