It's a flaw in the game, not only you don't acknowledge it but you blame the careless users. That's why I felt compelled to post here. I didn't understand it as a critic of the French NT but more as a head stuck in the sand.
This player was a NT player dropped because of a long run of bad game shape. Even a LeBron James kind of player would be dropped if he constantly turned up with a mediocre/average GS. Even tough he was not LeBron, he was a worthwhile player with a double-digit NT caps mercilessly "killed". He was good enough. But he's dead and buried, no one is putting faith in his "return".
The rules are not set up to protect players who aren't good enough to be on their NT ? Fair enough.
Do the rules stop users to engage in this type of dubious disruptive destructive style of gaming ? No. That's something that maybe should be looked into before it becomes pandemonium.
I don't have any pseudo-ethical problem with farming or mutual TIEs. But in this case of NT players kill, I see it as a simply destructive gaming style that should not be welcome or allowed to flourish in rules "loopholes".
Regardless of the real intent of the owner of Riaud - he may have not been driven by malign intent, I won't pretend I know for sure - there should be a possibility, in the future, to resuscitate players like Riaud. Or just like one can turn useful to his community by becoming a farm team which is a long-term commitment, we may see a new pattern of hitman teams, short, efficient and silent ;p
At least, a federation named the NT players hitman guild should be fun, well if you are in the guild... ^^
Please Charles, I am not trying to be offensive in any way but you comment without having a simple look at the transfer or the player on topic, it doesn't show much consideration for user's posts. I see you want to keep it a theorical discussion but this case is worth to look at because it's the highest profile player that ended this way. This team cashed in 7M in players sells two weeks prior the buy of Riaud for 5M, no way this team had financial trouble that urged a firing and the net loss of millions in cash. At best, it was stupid and the GM is punished for it. I don't want to look at the worst possibility, I want to trust you and that you do your best to prevent it from happening. It's not a case about Riaud, he's gone, it's all right but what in the future ?