I’ve had the same DD crash issue as everyone else, but today I realized it’s linked to the custom uniforms/team. It only crashes when you go to play the first scenario on the intro to DD.
So today, I’ve been fiddling with Franchise mode. For kicks, I created all custom women players and had them all on The Pirates. I took them through the season and it gave me the option to rebrand. I did and made them The Rockford Peaches (for obvious reasons). When I went to play the first game, it crashed same as with the DD. I retried a few times with the same result in the same situation. I’m pretty sure it’s an issue with playing as a custom uniform/team.