Shocked!
I must say that I am shocked..
First of all, if you only want ML to be one player you could choose to play it that way instead of having friends join in, so there's no problem with having the option of multiplayer at least.
Secondly, One of the great things about master league is exporting your team to use it in exhibitions against your friends, this way if you're competing for players you won't ever have the same players on each others teams.
Thirdly even if you would only play each other twice a season (assuming that you have only one friend of course, because if you have multiple friends you would have even more player games), it would actually make big games exciting, I'm not sure about the rest of you, but after a year or two of building your team don't you win almost every single game? So wouldn't it be better to institute more competition? What's the point of winning the league cup, the WEFA championships, and the season title every year when all that you did was beat computer teams?
I dont understand what people are opposed to? Other than improved game play this would be the best option to add.