People always say Ralph Natale was a lightning rod for Joey Merlino but does he not get enough credit for the role he played behind the scenes during the Stanfa war?

How instrumental was his cheerleading?

And why did Mike Chang hate Nick Scarfo Jr. so much when their fathers were best friends?

What would his father - who by all accounts would have died for Nick Sr. - have thought?

I invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.