Yep - it really sucks. Had that happen to me, and I had 79 AP locked for 3 cycles before they finally fixed it. I asked if they could transfer the points I never got to use to the other player I had a point on, but they said nothing could be done. That's why I dropped my Wyoming team. They said that is one of the things they are going to look at fixing. Seems like a pretty big deal to me, that should be fixed right away, or at the very least they should give you the points back to apply somewhere else. Not fair that they are gone and can not be used. At least in your case it was only 20 and on a player that was unlikely to sign. But still.