what if posters, who're mad about Pirlo not being moved, went to the threads of Baggio, Davids, Perruzzi, Padovano or Deschamps and started a contention that they don't either deserve to be there if Pirlo's not there (not exactly a far fetched point, is it?), the mod team would've no choice but to move them? this is a blurry line you're drawing
if you're not comfortable with 51% lets make it 81% or whatever, it's way better than a few people deciding it. because let's be real, the mod team might be 37-38 persons (3/0.08) on paper, but the active mods are only a handful, I can name you, JJ, Enron, Mark, Dule and swag as active mod team members from the top of my head, might be forgetting one or two
and honestly, wtf is Padovano doing there?

we have these serious heated discussions every summer when we sell someone and that guy just sits there