[BaseballPhysics]

> That line of thought also means the employee should take every legal avenue to execute the letter of the contract.

Yes. They should.

Exercising a large number of options is rarely a cheap financial decision. It is absolutely necessary to go into it clear-eyed with a complete understanding of what you're getting into because in doing so you are locking up potentially significant capital.

And this isn't some weird edge case situation. This is something anyone exercising options in a private company needs to deal with.