Are you sure those teams were from OLs, and not some private leagues the guy set up for himself? The reason I ask is that this TOC has an 80M cap, which would mean if his teams were from OLs he didn't use his AAA (at least not after the deadline).
Or is that something sharp owners are doing now in OLs -- dumping their AAA at the deadline to get their team salaries under 80M?
As I told someone recently who beat my prog team in a TOC final with an OL-minus-AAA type team, I think this is the best way to get a TOC title. Load up on all the usual OL cookies, lay off the AAA, then get put into a TOC with a bunch of prog teams...