Unrealistic Transfer Rate/Logic for Backup QBs
TL;DR every backup QB on my roster changes their Dealbreaker to Playing Time at the end of every season and transfers out, forcing me to have brand new backups every year.
(Context: HC at Cincinnati, been in the Big XII the entire time, been a perennial championship contender for 6-7 seasons.)
I've gone through 5 seasons of Dynasty mode since the last title update, including transfer periods and offseasons. In all 5 seasons, the same thing has happened: every quarterback on my roster that was not the starter has had their Dealbreaker changed to Playing Time the same exact week they can transfer and attempted to leave. Of the ELEVEN quarterbacks that have done this over the 5-season stretch, I was able to persuade just two of them to stay. And those two transferred the following year.
I know QBs transfer at the highest rate of any position in real life; and I wasn't surprised the first season this happened, because the QB with the best OVR on my team was 1-2 years younger than the other QBs on the roster. But then I brought in a 4-star and 3-star with lower OVR ratings to be 2nd and 3rd stringers as true freshman, and they also suddenly decided at the very end of the year that they cared about Playing Time and transferred out. This has been the case for 4 consecutive seasons.
What makes it so maddening is how predictable it is: at this point, I know for a fact that I have to recruit at least 2 QBs every single season just to have 3 QBs on the roster, while being fully aware that those new recruits are guaranteed to change their Dealbreaker to Playing Time and highly likely to leave after one year on the team. (This is especially frustrating when the Ideal Pitch for the recruit is one that doesn't include Playing Time at all.) Now I don't even bother having more than 3 QBs on the roster, and the only reason I recruit them is to have a body on the bench in case my starter gets injured.
I find it very unrealistic that a Power 4 conference team consistently winning 10+ games and competing for championships has every backup QB decide to transfer schools for playing time EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. If I were to recruit a QB out of high school and develop him over 2-3 years into an 80+ OVR but not have him as the starter, I would totally understand if his Dealbreaker changed to Playing Time and he left. But when this happens with a 67 OVR 3-star after their true freshman year, every year (I cannot stress this enough, EVERY! YEAR!), it really ruins recruiting QBs for me, and recruiting players is my favorite part of the game.
Right now, the only way I can feel confident about keeping a backup QB on the roster is by recruiting one during my starter's junior season; that way, the following year, when the starter is a senior and won't return, the guy I recruited the year before will have an A+ grade at Playing Time (when their Dealbreaker inevitably becomes Playing Time at the end of their first year on campus). Unfortunately, this means the next 3-4 seasons of recruiting quarterbacks is stupid and pointless, because they will just change their Dealbreaker and transfer.
My opinion is that the rate with which QBs on user teams change their Dealbreaker to Playing Time is way too high and needs to be brought down. I'm not opposed to losing guys in the transfer portal; I just want to feel confident in being able to keep a backup QB on the roster for more than one year.