To be fair, if it involved buying shares, it might create an issue as to who would they buy the shares from if some people on the board don’t want to be the one to sell them. More receptive board members may become more reluctant if they felt they would have to be a lesser partner to sell their shares in this.
What bothers me is that they were eager to listen to a poorly thought out, amateurish and unclear FC100,000 scheme, but seem to just give this short shrift and not communicate effectively.