It's misleading, yes, but in no way was it inaccurate. And that's why it was funny, IMO.

He tried to fool people, and succeeded.

It was a legit story and thread title.

If Andy Reid is not the HC, none of this matters.

I am completely in favor of banning people for posting a fake story.

I'm losing interest in this. I'll shut up now.

:)

dude its ric flairs son

of course it matters

WHOOO

ROFL

In the interest of inconsistency, I'm going to issue my first permaban. Okay, not really, but that's just to be inconsistent as well.

So you're consistent in your inconsistency?

Is it really that big a deal? Personally, I get a chuckle out of these things. If you don’t, go back, click on another thread, and go about your day.

I don't know how long the rule has been around, but I know it was put in place back when these kinds of threads were more common, which made it more annoying. Personally, I'm pretty apathetic about it as long as it's not happening all the time... but, we can't just enforce it when we think it's happening too often... so, IMO, a good middle ground for these 'misleading but not fake' threads is to simply change the title and send a warning as long as it's not someone who's constantly doing the same thing... and maybe screw with them a little. :)

Meh, stories like the one I posted don't bother me. Fake news does. This stuff is just like a "you got me" moment, and I usually have a chuckle.

It's the same result though, and people post it for the same reason. If someone creates a thread 'Manning signs with Chiefs!', does it matter if it's fake or if some guy named Manning signed with a minor league baseball team?

I do see a difference, yes. Happy to agree to disagree, though. To me, it's easy to make something up and fool people. Real news is much harder to come by.

I will never forget Flair at Bash at the beach 99' wooo

Guess who's next to get banned ROFL

Does this mean we ARE drafting Geno?