This is just really dumb. It makes 0 sense that HO has the ability to go through (which clearly didn't happen) and approve a trade and then go back to punishing the GM for it being a faulty trade. Putting that liability on the GMs when you have that system in place is sadly just incompetence.

HO is offering two services to help out the GMs in this scenario. A pick tracker, and a trade approval. Both of these things failed, and it's somehow the fault of the GM for not paying enough attention? Why are these things even in place if the governing body can't do it correctly?