[Texoma_LJ]

Originally posted by mcrowder
Texoma - while I agree with everyone saying that this is a safety by the book, I disagree with your logic of what this SHOULD be. (IMHO, they should fix this loophole in the books).

Your logic is that this is just like a BIB or hold in the EZ during a pass play, and since that's a safety, so should this be. But the plays are different in one key way. On the pass play, the foul could very likely have prevented what would have been a safety, since QB was in the EZ on his own volition and had to exit or throw to avoid a safety. On the kick play, the foul could not have prevented a safety. Had the runner failed to exit the EZ, it would have been a TB, not a safety.

If we're talking about what this play SHOULD be (and not how the book is written), then this SHOULD be enforced from the 20.

My arguement is based upon the rule book as is... not as it should be rewritten. There is definitely a need to address this issue, but again, as written "it is what it is".