"It's not ideal but we respected the players' view they needed to find out information and garner as much as they can," said Howley.
"In Brazil, the coach respects the player's characteristics.
We respect the player's ambition, but he must also respect the club".
"No one knows if this is serious or a crank, but at the end of the day I have to respect the player's views," he said.
Game journalist Rich Stanton is a huge fan because he says Dark Souls respects the player – it doesn't grab your hand; it is not possessive and patronising.
He added: "We respect the player's ambition, but he must also respect the club".
But Theo van Seggelen, secretary general of FIFPro, said: "We respect the player in the English third division, as much as the player from China or from Congo.
I respect the players I coach.
We've got to respect the players, coaches and administrators".
"We always understand and respect the players out there who have all contributed along the way," Bradley said.
