Here's the dilly yo!
It adds to realism. I don't know what you mean by no one doing it right. What do you want real-time dirt? That would be cool and they could probably do it---- at the expense of other features, but definitely in 2005 with the next generation consoles will see it.
But for now, I think Madden does a good job in that department. True you may not think about such things in the heat of battle with your buddies, but when it IS in there and especially when you're just at home playing the computer, it's these little graphical touches that add up to immerse a person more into the world of football. Just a little shumthin', shumthin' extra to further "blur the line," to use a cliche, between a videogame and a TV broadcast.
