Well... To say that the lack of love for the associations is really disappointing would be an understatement.
I understand that there are priorities (all things related to the MLB partnership being one) but to me the ability to use associations is one of the greatest features of the game.
3D or historical Minor league on the other hand...
Associations are slowly becoming the red-headed stepchild of OOTP.
Let's hope split seasons and first past-the-post type of schedule (for instance, news acknowledging winning the pennant would be great) have received some attention at least.