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It sounds good in theory but remember what happened when the NCAA started giving the ball to the defense on held balls. There was this huge confusion regarding team control and if either team had the ball or team control. There was some confusion among the officials, more confusion among the coaches and players and chaos with TV announcers and fans. The NCAA threw it out after one year. I think those are some of the reasons the rule hasn't been changed.
But it certainly makes sense. It's handled that way in other levels of play. It would just need to be written more clearly than the NF writes most rules.
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