I would hardly call such time-honoured little grabs at getting a tiny advantage "rampant cheating!"

The average televised Premier League match (the majority of them) has around 32 TV cameras, four match officials and VAR. there's big money in footie and a poor on-field decision can lose a club a huge amount of money. Most matches I've watched have been played with good order, in spite of high passion and fierce competitiveness, for most of the 90 minutes. It's entertainment and it's big theatre and it gives a lot of pleasure to millions of people, many of whom find life a hard grind. There's a lot wrong with it, but there's a lot wrong with TSB and Goldman Sachs too and they've still got my money. Some of yours too, probably, though you might not know it...