Agreed.
But i think what needs to be done is something along the lines of NBA2k where you can see what is going on around the league on your homepage.
At the moment you have to go searching for results of other teams and general info but just a page where the headlines from around the league were shown would really help to amerce you in your franchise.
I think also at the end of a game(on the loading screen back to your homepage) instead of seeing player of the game stats you should see a roundup of the scores from around the league or at least your division.