Yep, EA forgot to add retired numbers off option to custom league franchise..

If anyone found how to switch off retired numbers in custom league franchise let me know, cause I've looked everywhere and I can't find it.

Seriously, this is ridiculous beyond belief.

As someone who only plays with vintage rosters, custom league was the only reason I even considered buying the game, so I could finally do a throwback season with accurate number of teams, but not being able to put Gretzky in the #99 shirt, that's completely ruins it.