This was a huge help — thank you. That extra detail actually pinpointed the whole thing.
Turns out shows, events, loans, and part-selling all run through one shared "is anything blocking right now?" check behind the scenes. The show bug left a flag stuck on, and that single flag was freezing all four systems at the same time — which is exactly why they all went down together. The fix that got shows working again cleared the rest too, which lines up perfectly with your save catching up on five seasons of events the moment you loaded in. 😄
On top of that, I've now added a safeguard so the game automatically clears any leftover stuck states every time it loads — so this kind of freeze can't sneak back in, even in weird edge cases.
And ha — I did tell you that you were loaded. First at Regionals with Buck dead last is a great way to come back from a bug. 🏆
Seriously, thank you for the reports. Fast fixes are only possible because you took the time to describe what you were seeing so clearly. Owe you one.