Select all teams and be able to play CPU games from the league schedule screen
Switching back and forth between characters is such a pain. NBA 2k and The Show are able to do this seamlessly. You can choose to select all teams right from the start. Even if someone doesn't want to play with all the teams then at least make it possible to play with the other teams when we want to. I'm sure some people only want to control one team but at the same time would like to play a big game between 2 cpu teams. Adding the ability to do this into the league schedule would be a HUGE step in the right direction for franchise mode. If my only user team is the Cowboys, but I want to play the Bears and Packers Monday Night Game, I should be able to do that without taking over one of those 2 teams. 2K and the Show are able to do this with no problem. You simply just have to select play game from the league schedule screen.
We should be able to simulate the games we don't want to play and be able to see the scores come up on the ticker during the game we're playing. Right now if we control all 32 teams as characters, then those games come up as "User game" on the ticker if they occur at the same time of day. This makes the ticker completely useless for those that want to control every team.
Lets say I'm the user for the Cowboys and the Packers. They both have games at 1pm. But I only feel like playing one of those games this week. I'd like to be able to sim the other game and see the score alerts/progression on the ticker during the game I'm playing. Stating that it's a user game is completely pointless.