I do know how to make links, I was just making it harder for you by making you search for the player ;). The portuguese "beast" I was talking about is this guy
(4726855). Before they had the 4-day rule he was transferred twice a week! The player I was showing, if I remember correctly, had 14, 14, 13 at ID, RB and IS. Don't remember the secondaries, but he had atrocious PA and/or HA. And for some reason he was incredibly foul-prone.
So if I understand correctly, the free agents were introduced because prices in the market were skyrocketing. You're saying that them being introduced at $1 made for a huge army of underpriced veterans, and this 10 times salary sort of balances it out. Is that right?