yes you get tokens back but you buy average players for much higher,i paid over 20 for a average player as your now bidding vs all levels,lots of lvl 1-2 outbid me with their free tokens,personally i think ill only be playing association games,the excitement of when there was no animation has gone for me ,youd be on edge for every corner ect,i recently started playing games with just commentary as i got more information about players its all about buying more n more tokens,we can bid vs teams 20-30-40 levels higher but we cant offer to buy a player,