AFL 2010 Trade Rumours

[TalkingFootball]

Ok ... we are going to set a few ground rules for season 2010 trade period talk, chatter, gossip & rumours.

We appreciate this time of the year can be fun!! However, to avoid all the BS you find elsewhere online ...

Members will be encouraged to rank their own rumours ...
now there is a default AFL footy forums "bull-dust" meter ... full explanations are here Trade Time Rumours Bull Dust Meter

When you are ranking your rumour copy and paste the whole line from below.

Rumors are ranked into 12 categories ... plus a few new ones.
With more to come as we move thru the trade period ... I'm sure!!!!

Number 01: Quantity Does Not = Quality.
Number 02: The Rumour-Mongering. Sounds Made Up
Number 03: You Will Have To Trade or Risk Losing Him in The PSD
Number 04: Up Grade Pick Trade uber-spud + pick for a better pick
Number 05: Superstar vs 15-year Player Pick
Number 06: Trading Player After Having A Poor Year Rule
Number 07: Spud Trade <insert spud A> to <insert team X> because they are lacking in <insert spud A's position>
Number 08: Just Signed But, "It Doesn't Mean He Can't Be Traded".
Number 09: Not In Our Window Trade A Prehistoric Player To Get a Kid
Number 10: Wanting To Trade For A Player As Soon As He Comes Good.
Number 11: We Should Get Him Because He Would Come Cheap
Number 12: Crazy 3- or 4- Way Trades That Involve Multiple Players From Multiple Clubs

Some New Ones For This Year

Number 13: But We Paid This! In This Draft <insert year>
Number 14: Team x Wanted Him Last Year Sure They Will Be Interested Again
Number 14: I Read It Elsewhere Online or In the Newspapers

Lets define the term "rumours"

–noun
1. a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:
2. gossip; hearsay: Don't listen to rumor.
3. Archaic . a continuous, confused noise; clamor; din.

–verb (used with object)
4.
to circulate, report, or assert by a rumor: ie It is rumored that the king is dead.