Yes, I realize the Agent would appear as a step in the opposite direction from where the BB’s have guided the game, and the changes made to restrict day trading were much needed. Perhaps the term that should be used is “in-season” trading. The Agent would only serve as a reduction of the current penalties imposed for trading at a higher than normal frequency. For some BB’s dealing with high priced free agents, this may or may not be a good investment. This would also make “renting” a player for a tournament run and then shredding the salary if they get knocked more attainable for teams, and should increase these competitions. This method is no different than what happens IRL.
The idea for the Agent is it affects the transfer fee. If you just bought a player 3 weeks ago and the current transfer fee is 75% of the sales price, the agent would reduce the fee something along the lines of 2-20%, depending on the level. For player listed at 1M, this could mean saving ~200k for a max level agent. Whether that’s worth the agents cost is up to the manager and market to decide. Exact numbers can be debated of course.
Yes the idea for all of these is that they will be optional and only a fraction of the managers will obtain one. The impacts of each should be balanced enough that not all managers feel they need one, but can get one if they want an edge in that particular aspect, for a cost of course. Perhaps the life coach impact regresses with age like other skills as the player becomes more stubborn in their ways, or it loses its impact past a certain level. My take is there should be more diversity in experience at younger ages. NT and U21 players make up such a small % of the player base. That being said, I don’t think the Life Coach should have more than a 0.5-1 level impact over the course of single season.
Appreciate the feedback though! I agree though, if I had to only pick one to present to the BB’s, it would be the Therapist.