In the course of these games, the on-field officials picked up and moved the football after EVERY down. Yet we are expected to believe that they, semi-professionals working games every week, never noticed a thing?! Really?
And BOTH teams play with the same ball. Rules need to followed granted, but I fail to see how this would benefit one team over the other?
And what about holding? That is also cheating. Is it more or less serious than ball pressure?
Again no excuse for breaking rules anywahere; but they are broken all the time in football.