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Old 10-18-2013, 10:42 AM   #3
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From a coding standpoint, this would be a little trickier than it might seem. The current code likely runs the same game day as the trade. Run code, if yes, execute trade and publish.

For a rumor article to be possible, the code to decide if a trade was or was not successful would have to be done 1-2 weeks in advance of the actual decision - like in real life... then a new routine would have to peruse the "pending" trades and pick a couple to publish.

Not impossible, but a bit more work than one might expect. I do think is would be a nice addition though.

PS: Currently, there are stories that suggest teams are talking about a trade - I don't know if these are based on actual "pending" trades or simply random creations for the newspaper.
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