the purpose of the SA is to have the player perform one * above his current rating. so if he is a 70Q 4*, with a shot ability of 70, then according to the ASK THE DEVS, he would play as a 5* with a shot ability of 75.

Marc, I agree with you that this is practically useless. I can just use a 5* player instead of the 4* with Freekick and get the same chance.

I just tanked last season and built up 700 skill points and did not waste ANY on an SA because of this. 50 skill pts = just more 3Q, which is much close to the next star.

it is just used to create token bidding wars, frankly.