That is still not a transfer. He is a free agent,not transferring from another team. It's one thing if he left that team mid season then rejoined another a couple weeks later, then yes transfer and I would not be talking about this. He's been a free agent since December my guy, no where close to this season he's fine. If that's the case that we shouldn't have free agents that have been cleared for that long then there are actually multiple clans in each division who are at fault. I remember my clan and another asked about this week 2 if a person was a free agent before this season would we be fine,a couple of admins said yes.
So it's one thing to penalize the team for actually having a transfer then so be it. But if they really count that free agency for that long a transfer, then every division needs to be reevaluated and need to actually have that stated clearly in their rules.