More deterministic: We have artificially decreased the random factor quite substantially so that the better team will win more often, and so that the results will make more sense.
Good, good
Changes in Enthusiasm: With a decrease in the random factor, we can now use enthusiasm in a way that makes more sense than the current implementation..
Good, good.
Boxscore: Because Take it Easy and Crunch Time no longer directly influence the team ratings, we will instead report on the boxscore which team tried harder, or whether they tried equally hard
Good, good.
Forfeits: # Improved handling of forfeits so that players play a reasonable number of minutes but do not set records, skew league leaders, etc.
Great news.
Better Shooters: We will be increasing the efficiency of longer-range jump shots
Ok. I hope everyone doesn't start playing Run & Gun...
Injuries: We will decrease the length of all injuries generated by the game engine; you will approximately find that all injuries that currently are X weeks will now be of a length so that the player will miss approximately X league games.
Finally!
New Draft Procedure: This really deserves its own news, and will get one in a few weeks when we're ready to release the final version. The current draft procedure will be overhauled an....
This is what I'm most excited about. I agree with the OP, though, Charles needs to finish his sentence here. The suspense is killing me.