I hope you don't mind, but I think I've fixed a couple of problems I saw in the PS2 versions of the franchise file.
When I first opened the franchise file in the editor, I got a message saying pretty much every team had non-traditional punt returners. Sure enough, a bunch of Defensive Tackles were on the depth chart as
PR guys, and according to a few test seasons I ran, they were indeed returning punts. I don't know how that happened, but me entering a new franchise mode with the edited roster set (which was correct) seems to have fixed it. I then took that new one back to the editor, put in the 2008 schedule, and took that back to the game. The punt returners are now correct.
In this new file, I also enabled user control for every team (the previous one only had the Steelers user-controlled). Obviously, this means teams won't be trading or signing free agents (except maybe due to injuries). You can turn the Auto CPU controls on from the franchise settings, but keep in mind they will affect all teams - even your own.
PLEASE NOTE: This will not fix the preseason '09 hang. Unless you want to wait an hour or more for the game to do whatever it's doing during that time, this is basically a single-season file.
All credit for the actual rosters and schedule goes to connoll3 and Steelersfan85; all I did was clean up a few things. And I will be converting this to PS3 shortly as well - and making it even easier to get onto the PS3 in the process.
LOL...Just realized I named it "2k9 Fran"...oh well. Goes with that stupid naming convention anyway.
Any feedback is appreciated. This is my first time uploading anything like this, so let me know if something's wrong.