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Originally Posted by Amish
I guess I still don't see the difference in trading a 2009 pick in March of 2008 or in April of 2008. That was the whole point I was trying to discuss and I don't think I stated it correctly before.
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There's probably not much difference between trading a 2009 pick in March 2008 or April 2008. But where do you extend it? Do you set up some arbitrary date in March that you can start trading 2009 picks? To me, a big justification for not trading them until one year prior is that if it is April 1, then all 12 teams have actively decided their RFAs for the year, and they are sure to be back. The further back we extend the ability to trade future picks, the closer you get to a point for a team not to come back. Personally, I'd like to not have to worry about this, but since we've had new teams each of the past several years, including a founding team and another that just decided to never come back without a word to anyone, it is a reality we have to deal with.