In reply to Michael.

Personally I don't care & no friction with me, because I know the theme review process has always been kind of jacked up for years, and if I was GoDaddy, I would certainly appreciate the help out of that entanglement. I get why you made the decision you did.
But I think others are concerned because there don't seem to be SOPs in place that are being followed by everyone down the line, when one person can give certain theme submissions what seems like special consideration, especially one managed by such a -- let's say "provocative" owner in the WP world. I think the general WP theme-creator population would rather the theme reviewers spend their time clearing out the jammed-up review queue than looking for special favors to dole out for sometimes unpopular competitors.