Pre-arranged trades have been going on forever and are not that hard to do. In fact, Sharman globetrotters pulled off a three team trade in season 10, the year he won the B3. How do I know this, I was part of his federation. Sharman wanted a Japanese NT player but the guy who had him wanted a NT SG from his country on another team. That other team wanted a SF from Sharman. . They all put the players on the TL for big sums of money and pulled it off. I also don't think it is (was) against the rules because there were BBs and GMs who were members of the BIG BOY BANTAR federation.