As a result, the album was again delayed until the first quarter of 2002; however, Milian eventually opted not to release it.

After two months of training, during which his progress was hampered by injury, the club opted to release him from his contract in March 2009.

Duff opted to release the single well in advance of the album "to give listeners a chance to get into my new sound".

Instead, the band opted to release their following records through Merge.

As an independent, Miramax was not a member of the association, and therefore could opt to release movies, even controversial ones, without a rating.

Ms. Lambert had wanted it released first, but her label opted to release it third.

When that didn't happen, the band opted to release it as an EP.

The band opted to not release the song through traditional methods.

The band opted not to release an accompanying video with the song.

The band opted to release their second album in both markets.