I think it is more likely it is an old bot team. I remember a guy in my Division II drew a bot in the first round of the cup, assumed it would be a slaughter and sent in some scrubs. It was! After the game he chacked and the team had multiple guys of salaries around $20,000. I think in the old days the rules were different. Even now there is a catch, bots send to free agency all players above $10,000 but there could be a $9,000 C who was trained all season, the team goes bot late season, the player stays and next season he is a $20,000 bot beast!