Hey Demonlanders. I know I don't post often though I actually just wanted to ask if anyone has heard what I did yesterday. Keep in mind this is nothing more than hearsay from a source that I've never met before and am unlikely to after.
Was sitting at the G yesterday just behind the cheersquad. There were 2 Richmond supporters behind me. Jones kicked his goal from 50 and they said "He's a great player Jones. It's not a wonder he's going at the end of the year." I turned around to ask if i'd heard that right and the response I got was that they'd heard he was going. I asked how he could possibly go because it doesn't fit with the rules that we all know about. They replied "He's out of contract. Free agency next year."
I explained the rules of free agency to them, and said that Jones hadn't played 8 or 10 seasons. We didn't recruit him at 14 years of age. One of the tigers then said well GWS can sign uncontracted players. I explained that each club could only lose one player per expansion team. (Here's where the credibility falls down...) They said Jones would be ours then, and I said we'd already lost one. They looked bewildered and I said "Scully." It dawned on them that this was true but stood firm in what they'd heard, Jones was out at years end.
I've all but dismissed this as misonformation but my interest has been piqued and I wonder if anyone else has heard such a thing? I don't get to listen to the great unfounded footy rumour mill that is SEN much anymore so I feel a little out of the loop in these things. What I did learn is that Jones' contract is up at years end and that if he were to go the best way for GWS is the pre season draft, giving no compensation.
As I said, i'm not starting a rumour, i'm just asking if anyone has heard one like it?