[A Zombie Pirate I Be]

I see two valid reasons for this rule (or something similar).
1) Rule prevents the original owner from Matching the final offer, then attempting to trade the player for additional compensation (ie.. another player or draft picks)
2) Rule also prevents two players from working together to keep the price down (ie.. original owner works with another owner with the plan to trade the player after the bidding is over - price is not driven up by the second owner and when the bidding is done, original owner matches and trades player for additional compensation.)

The common thread might be the original owner matching and trying to gain additional compensation from the player. I am voting, that this needs additional discussion - possibly a tweak that "if the original owner matches, then the player is not in a position to be traded before the regular season begins."