im not being naive. i am one of the most sceptical people you will ever find, believe me!
however i see what i said has been confirmed by the manager himself - he buys the rookies cheap on day 1 and sells them on with starting prices all managers (especially new ones) can afford. Im not surprised they sell later in the season especially when there are a number of high potential rookies from new/experienced managers who have starting prices far in excess of £149,999.
This is half of the story.
Now for the other half - the buyers of all these players. Are each of these under the control of the same manager?
well in this case i had a look and there are a mix of new managers that have since gone bot (suspicious you would think), new managers that are still lightly active occasionally (suspicious you would think) and managers that have become supporter/are more active (not suspicious - but there are not many of these buyers).
Is this an elaborate attempt with multiple accounts being set up to buy all these players, keeping some active and letting others go bot?
It could be, but this "evidence" is not conclusive - after all many managers sign up to buzzerbeater and stop logging in after a day, a week, a month, a year - all spending different sums of money.
I think Chris explanation is plausible.
Although telling the world how he does it will only make it harder for him to carry on making money this way as more and more managers try it!
Oh and please dont suspect me of being Chris, or being a cheater, I cant speak Chinese and i'm as straight as an arrow :)