I know I've definitely done it myself (have a commish add a player for me because I was at my limit). I'm pretty sure others have as well but I'm not going to mine the thread for those precedents. What I do know is that even if it's mostly done in the context of trades, the context is still just the context not the rationale and the rationale is to not freeze minor league assets or unnecessarily punish players for making call-ups. The fact that this is mostly an issue that arises around trades is circumstantial. Anyways, I think the humour of Hurl's post was lost on me and had made me more upset than the situation warrants. I didn't like the way he waved the threat of Silvergunn leaving (seemed pretty unfair, mostly to him) but I guess he was just ribbing him and trolling us and I fell for it hook, line and sucker. Sometimes I take things too literally and I'm a bit volatile ATM TBH.
Ultimately, our Lord and Saviour NJH is entitled to act unilaterally on this and I don't think anyone has a problem with that.