I didn't take part in the steals last year because I saw it being a contentious issue that many people weren't in favour of, but I will certainly be taking part this year. It's totally unfair to have a system where the teams who have a great rider can effectively lock them away for multiple seasons regardless of what another team may be prepared to offer.

Obviously this needs to be regulated by the person running the game and Bikex has stated several times that there are measures in place to make sure people don't abuse the system. With that being considered, I don't think there should be any serious concerns out of this. If you want a rider badly enough, you're just going to have to pay a fair price for him, simple as that.

The argument that I really don't understand is that people have "worked so hard to get" a certain rider. Really? You either did a deal with another player which resulted in you actually getting that rider for a full year or put a number into a spreadsheet. It's not that hard! Admittedly, some managers might be harder to deal with, and that only makes steals a better idea so that we can bypass that.