Has any rumor thread ever come true? (1 Viewer)

[Eminence]

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[beef]

Yes. Portis Baily did.

 

[travdogg]

Trent Richardson wasn't that long ago.

 

[Interseptopus]

Only espn wish list articles have confirmed

 

[bumpman]

I just dug this up and posted it in another rumor thread. This is one of my favorites:

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201615&hl=+priest +holmes +rumor

"Take it FWIW, but I work with a guy who's daughter talked to Priest yesterday (she works for his agent), and she says that Priest may be done. Aparently when he gets hit a certain way, he goes partially numb. She said he is pretty scared.Don't know how true this is, but I do know that she talks to these guys frequently."

The guy was bashed by many, while others went out and secured Larry Johnson. Five days later Rotoworld posted that Priest might be out for the rest of the season. People continued to bash rotoworld after that. Of course, we all know Priest didn't come back that year.

I won a championship on that by the way.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Yes.

 

[Air Stich]

Who cares?

Why do we get so upset when someone posts a rumor they heard?

 

[KingPrawn]

I just dug this up and posted it in another rumor thread. This is one of my favorites:

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201615&hl=+priest +holmes +rumor

"Take it FWIW, but I work with a guy who's daughter talked to Priest yesterday (she works for his agent), and she says that Priest may be done. Aparently when he gets hit a certain way, he goes partially numb. She said he is pretty scared.Don't know how true this is, but I do know that she talks to these guys frequently."

The guy was bashed by many, while others went out and secured Larry Johnson. Five days later Rotoworld posted that Priest might be out for the rest of the season. People continued to bash rotoworld after that. Of course, we all know Priest didn't come back that year.

I won a championship on that by the way.

First one I thought of.

 

[KingPrawn]

Who cares?

Why do we get so upset when someone posts a rumor they heard?

As long as they are clearly marked as rumor, I don't have a problem with them. People can make their own judgements whether they want to believe it or not.

 

[Nucker101]

As the long as the supposed source is at least credible/legit then I have no problems with it. When a poster says they know someone it's anyone's guess, but when someone cites a specific tweet/blog then you have to consider the source's history.

 

[coolnerd]

I heard he definition of the word rumor is important in thinking about this.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

This one started as a rumor thread... ★ http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=675690

 

[Adam Harstad]

Not exactly a rumor thread, but here's another example of a guy posting some whispers he'd been hearing and having it prove eerily prescient.

 

[Bamac]

Here's another: Josh Gordon suspension. I recall OP getting a lot of flack in here.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=682319&hl=effed

 

[Syx]

I just dug this up and posted it in another rumor thread. This is one of my favorites:

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201615&hl=+priest +holmes +rumor

"Take it FWIW, but I work with a guy who's daughter talked to Priest yesterday (she works for his agent), and she says that Priest may be done. Aparently when he gets hit a certain way, he goes partially numb. She said he is pretty scared.Don't know how true this is, but I do know that she talks to these guys frequently."

The guy was bashed by many, while others went out and secured Larry Johnson. Five days later Rotoworld posted that Priest might be out for the rest of the season. People continued to bash rotoworld after that. Of course, we all know Priest didn't come back that year.

I won a championship on that by the way.

Yeah, that was some crazy stuff. After she told me that, I would watch ESPN and they would mention that Priest was questionable, but would probably play, but I only knew what I was told and at the time it seemed like I was the only one in the world who knew. It sucked, because we loved Priest. It also allowed me to pick up Larry Johnson for a ridiculous run the second half of that year and next.

 

[LittlePhatty]

I'm hearing a rumor that says 99% of rumors turn out to be false.

 

[Adam Harstad]

I'm hearing a rumor that says 99% of rumors turn out to be false.

I heard a rumor that this rumor is false.