Trading for Sauce Gardner will cause the Colts to fire Chris Ballard.
First call: Nov 9, 2025, 11:08 AM ET · Deadline: Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM ET · Historical archive
“Trading 2 firsts and AD Mitchell for him will get Ballard fired”OPEN THE ORIGINAL POST ↗
What we’re scoring
Current retention does not disprove an unlimited future claim. Keep the causation/timeframe question for owner interpretation; review date is not a deadline.
The ruling
The Colts still list Ballard as general manager. The original gives no finite firing deadline or objective way to isolate one trade as the cause.
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- Nov 9, 2025, 11:08 AM ET · originalTrading for Sauce Gardner will cause the Colts to fire Chris Ballard.Source post ↗
Public review history (3)
- Sep 24, 2026, 2:47 PM ET · approve
Current retention does not disprove an unlimited future claim. Keep the causation/timeframe question for owner interpretation; review date is not a deadline.
- Sep 24, 2026, 2:47 PM ET · verdict
The Colts still list Ballard as general manager. The original gives no finite firing deadline or objective way to isolate one trade as the cause.
- Sep 24, 2026, 2:51 PM ET · review-note
Current retention does not disprove an unlimited future claim. Keep the causation/timeframe question for owner interpretation; review date is not a deadline. Jev advisory reviewed: Jev contradicted was rejected: current retention cannot disprove an unbounded future firing or causal assertion. Owner interpretation required for a finite evaluation window.
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