The community manager seems like a really good dude, so I have to ask about this especially when nothing is getting addressed in the newest patch.
https://twitter.com/theclapperton/status/1354494790293807106?s=21

So is it possible to get some clarification? Is there any point to post bug reports here if they are not aware of the issues? Or have these issues been looked into and confirmed to be working as intended? I completely understand not being able to comment on if/when issues might be fixed, but I can't see an issue confirming that the team is aware of it. I am specifically talking about the natural growth that is happening in franchise right now as I think we can work around a lot of the other issues, but this one is tough to ignore. By him saying this, i get the impression that this as well as some of the other problems we have brought up are intentional and working as desired which may actually big a bigger problem than having bugs without a better explanation as to why. Thank you for posting this, its nice when all the changes made are listed and confirmed.
***Edit**
@SkylerJames13 I can't see the picture on my phone either, only my computer. I added the link to the tweet so hopefully that works.
Somebody had just asked him about fixes fro franchise mode and he asked "what franchise mode issues are you running into?"
I just found it odd for him to ask about issues (which seem to be well known across the community) instead of acknowledging that they are aware of them and are hopeful to get them fixed asap. His answer kind of gives zero hope that it will be fixed for this years game.