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Probably an unpopular opinion but, the "fumble out of the end zone results in a touchback" rule is one of the dumbest in all of sports. It's like a slap shot being deflected out of the rink by the goalie resulting in a delay of game penalty on you.
No it isn't and no it isn't.
What's a proper alternative result to fumbling through the back of the end zone?
What's a proper alternative result to fumbling through the back of the end zone?
Same as if the ball was fumbled out of bounds. Spot of the fumble.
Nobody should be penalized for trying to score, and nobody should be rewarded for not recovering a fumble.
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But let's be real...There are 40 some other teams and only two alaskan teams...the day one of us wins something big will be the day I transfer to UAA
Originally posted by Doyle Woody
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The Pats have always sucked. They just lucked into somebody for a while. It might as well have been the Lions.
I would be curious to know how the Patriots would have done this season if Brady had stayed. They had no receivers and crap defense. I don't think they would have been as bad as they were this season but I seriously do not think they would have made it to the AFC Championship game.
Same as if the ball was fumbled out of bounds. Spot of the fumble.
Nobody should be penalized for trying to score, and nobody should be rewarded for not recovering a fumble.
You can't spot a ball "through the end zone" as you can at the spot if it instead went out of bounds. Perhaps you could spot it at the yardage marker where the player loses the ball, but then what do you do if lost past the goal line - give it to them at the 1?
Same as if the ball was fumbled out of bounds. Spot of the fumble.
Nobody should be penalized for trying to score, and nobody should be rewarded for not recovering a fumble.
He wasn't penalized for trying to score. He was penalized for fumbling.
People can argue that it's a dumb rule, or that it is a rule that imposes too great a penalty on a play like the Cleveland play, but the plain and simple fact of the matter is that everyone knows that's the rule, the Cleveland play is the situation where that rule comes into play most often (how many other fumbles out of the endzone do you see other than where someone is diving for the pylon?), so don't do it. It's like going back to pass from your own 1 yard line, then whining about the punitive nature of the sack where the other team gets 2 points and the ball, when with most sacks you just lose five yards or so.
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You can't spot a ball "through the end zone" as you can at the spot if it instead went out of bounds. Perhaps you could spot it at the yardage marker where the player loses the ball, but then what do you do if lost past the goal line - give it to them at the 1?
If an offensive player loses it past the other team’s goal line then it’s irrelevant because they’ve already scored a touchdown when they broke the plane. If they fumble before and there’s no clear recovery then the ball should be placed at the spot of the fumble.
But let's be real...There are 40 some other teams and only two alaskan teams...the day one of us wins something big will be the day I transfer to UAA
Originally posted by Doyle Woody
Best sign by a visting Seawolf fan Friday went to a young man who held up a piece of white poster board that read: "YOU CAN'T SPELL FAILURE WITHOUT UAF."
If an offensive player loses it past the other team’s goal line then it’s irrelevant because they’ve already scored a touchdown when they broke the plane. If they fumble before and there’s no clear recovery then the ball should be placed at the spot of the fumble.
He wasn't penalized for trying to score. He was penalized for fumbling.
People can argue that it's a dumb rule, or that it is a rule that imposes too great a penalty on a play like the Cleveland play, but the plain and simple fact of the matter is that everyone knows that's the rule, the Cleveland play is the situation where that rule comes into play most often (how many other fumbles out of the endzone do you see other than where someone is diving for the pylon?), so don't do it. It's like going back to pass from your own 1 yard line, then whining about the punitive nature of the sack where the other team gets 2 points and the ball, when with most sacks you just lose five yards or so.
That's all I'm saying is it's a dumb rule, and what I think the rule should be. Not that it was applied incorrectly or shouldn't be applied just because I think it's dumb.
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