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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
Team B intercepts the ball.
Team B then makes a illegall forward pass.
The penalty is Team B loses the ball.
How the hell is that better? You penalize a team by taking the ball from them?
Under NFHS, NCAA, and NFL rules, no foul has a penalty that includes losing possession.
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I think (and I'm GUESSING here, so don't shoot me!) that the reason Juggling thinks this is better is that he's envisioning an attempt to pitch to a teammate, which is (too all non-referee eyes) "fumbled" and recovered by A. Which is why he sees the penalty as more fair - Team A "recovered a fumble" to most onlookers, and I've been Johnny on the spot more than once when ruling such a play an illegal forward pass, thus denying A the apparent fumble recovery. Recovering team is NEVER happy.