I wonder if it would have made sense years ago to eliminate transfer fees entirely and just attract players via wage, conditions, company culture, leadership etc.
And on top of that have no time period on contracts.
And on top of that limit how many new players can be registered to a club each season, e.g. 5 new players per year.
And on top of that limit who players can move to, e.g. can't go directly to a club that's within 10 points of you.
Etc etc etc with rules that I just dreamed up cos today's rules seem ludicrous anyway.