I fail to understand your point. Why would eliminating conflicts of interest be a zero sum game? If somebody's job is to police the players, how could they do it effectively if they have a bias towards certain players? Allowing a conflict of interest destroys the purpose of their job in the first place!
My point was the zero sum game in that these SEC guys were former traders. So trying to have them not participate in the thing they were bred to do, is not practical or else they would have done it.
