I agree with this completely. EA's issue here isn't that they aren't updating the game is that theyre not making fair upgrades to everyone. I am not trying to defend EA don't get me wrong here I just think that the game is going to be very similar to the CG version and I think its somewhat to be expected, at least from my PoV.
My thing on the upgrade is just it tells the story, if it were a full new game similar to NBA (sorry to bring it up) they wouldn't be offering the upgrade option.
I know it wasn't "rendered" right or whatever but didn't we see some in the MNF Saints - Dolphins video? Not sure how much was in that but there was some if I remember correctly.