The problem is that even if they keep the ratings the same, it is a tremendous hassle for the people that edit rosters to change all (or even just most) of the players appearances to match the actual players. Last year, the edited rosters were available the same night of release (because someone got the game early.) This year, EA made a lot of changes to the players to make them not resemble their actual counterparts, and the rosters weren't available until the end of the first week after release.
For the people that count minutes to the release of the game, waiting a week is a long time, and it will be even longer if they make more changes because of this.
It ****ing blows.