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I have read Rule 2 throughly.
2-19-1 "Handing the ball is transferring player posession from one player to a teammate in such a way that the ball is still in contact with the first player when it is touched by the teammate."
2-29-1 "Passing the ball is throwing a ball that is in player possession. In a pass, the ball travels in flight."
in an "under the center" snap, the ball would more than likely touch the QB's hands before the snapper has released the ball. If this is the case then we have handing, not passing. According to the handing definition we should have a fumble.
BTW the loose ball play is defined in 10-3-1c and if that's the case then all plays begin as loose ball plays and ALL snaps are backwards passes.
With that being said, why do they include the "Handing" wording in the definition of a snap?
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