Frustrating dealbreakers
Playing time deal breaker seems to be poorly implemented. I had 5 senior WRs ahead of a true freshman, who was going to be WR 2 as a RS Freshman in year two. He wanted to transfer because he was unable to recognize that he was about to jump up to the top of the depth chart.
Maybe transfers happening after graduation and draft results would fix this.
Secondly, playing style is a frustrating deal breaker and should be toned down.
I remember in old games being able to make promises to players that wanted to transfer or even during recruiting. Where you’d get a boost to acquisition or retention with a promise, but you’d get some debuffs if you didn’t follow through. That might help make the transfer portal more forgiving in those situations that don’t make sense.