i normally sim it because the comp usually balances it out evenly better than I do. Or I just skip it because it normally hurts them more than it helps them.
You won't see much improvement unless you assign at least 50 points to a certain area. 60-15-15-10 (in whatever order you desire) should see some slight improvement in one area for at least a couple of players. Otherwise, try 70-10-10-10. You generally need to have at least 10 points assigned to prevent decline.
i always cheat with training camp now that i have the fix, i just do 4 training camps at the start of the season (after accumulating 8000pts from last season), and then just assign 100-0-0-0, 0-100-0-0, and so on for all four and i get mass improvments for all players for the start of the season, its a cheap boost, but very effective