old academy rules by actually leaking the names of nobel prize winners most recently the name of bob dylan back in two thousand and sixteen so he is denying all of these allegations which started coming out last fall and at that time already three academy members stepped down in protest over the fact that the academy was not prepared to expel for once and i mean well they ve been months of inviting very unpleasant further resignations and the academy has eighteen members they re appointed for life and when they step down with this they actually leave an empty chair so they need twelve members to make a valid decision there. now left with only ten and so they ve said that literally because of this diminished academy and of course the lack of public confidence that they ve decided to have to sit a year out and out of respect for the laureates as well is certainly a black eye for the academy what does that do to its reputation it s absolutely devastating i mean if you think that we ve rea