...at the end of the day the actual purpose of trade period isn't our entertainment, but to allow clubs and players enough time to get the movement they want/as possible.
Sure if they want to have some futile back and forth just in case, go for it. But it seems more than a simple equation.
The quibbling when they're going to have a tonne of picks anyway gives it more than a stench of pretence.
You wouldn't want Fremantle to ask for the best two picks if the situations were reversed? 95% chance it will end up being 10+18 with pick swaps but why shouldn't the Tigers ask for 10+11? We did the same when it came to Weller and everyone was over the moon.