Quote Originally Posted by Ludo_Mansio View Post
It was changed to stop an exploit where players had 2nd teams they would use to train players up before transferring them to their 1st team. I believe some (clever?) players set up ladders of teams and transferred a player from one to the next training them as they went, ultimately creating a mutant player for their 1st team. The change to negotiations prevents this from happening.
Isn't it silly to keep making game changes that significantly worsen the game for everyone in reaction to some people "hacking" the game design?