Team Sports and Higher Difficulty

We get such nice playing games on medium, but difficult level is the usual AI is boosted real high and your own guys take a ratings hit.

 

I'm not arguing against the ratings boost/penalty system.  It's in place and seems to be the accepted way of doing things.  But I think as you ratchet up the difficulty level it becomes necessary for you to control everything and switch around wildly from player to player because your own teammates are at such a disadvantage that you can't rely on them.

 

I was thinking that instead of a global ratings boost/penalty to all of the players it should only be to the player you control.  That way on easier difficulties you are always boosted and harder you are always penalized.  While this isn't different from the current system, I think it would force you to switch less and rely on your teammates more at the highest difficulties.  In essesnce it would preserve a team atmosphere as opposed to a lot of player switching instead of team playing.

 

Opinions?

 

Unfortunately, I'm not sure that will ever change, at least with the way conventional video games are developed.  Text sims like OOTP and FM seem to do a much better job of this.

 

Kevin