Ok. Now it's official. Here's Hannes' response:

Hello Gary,

yes generally you are right, but the rules are wrong, we finished the
season last weekend and we did forget to amend the rules in time. So
please apologize, the season has definitely ended last weekend,

best regards
Hannes

In protest, I have deleted all my German friends from my phone. It is now a "Hannes free" device...

Boggs