No matter what they do to franchise people aren't going to be happy with it. Add back hot dog prices and it'll take a month for people to forget about it. Make 10 trade slots on each side and people will still take advantage of the block.
Gameplay is much more important and so far this is one of the better games that's been released lately.
As far as MUT you don't have to spend a ton of money on it, I was going to and did on the wrong version of the game, but on the series X console I haven't spent anything. This year so far at least is one of the better NMS years EA has had. I'm a LVL 11 and have gotten a QB, RB, WR 2, TE, DB, SS all from just grinding levels. I had about 100k in coins after doing solos which was plenty to fill out the rest of my squad. I'm at an 80 overall which is plenty for me to be competitive with right now.