Buy back clauses are also the lesser evil compared to the alternative which is big clubs hoarding young players and shipping them out on different loans for half their careers. And I’m struggling to think of many that have been actually exercised.
Would the young players agents just get savvy and not sign long term deals and if there are signs they aren't going to get a chance, just go elsewhere for 1st team football?
Couldn't this go hand in hand with limiting the amount of loans to other clubs you can do to stop stockpiling young players?