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Originally Posted by booker227
A must fumble the ball before he crossing into the end-zone , otherwise it's two points because the pay is over. Whistle and signal
The ball, loose and live in the end-zone must be put out of the end-zone by B. If B falls on a loose ball in the end-zone, the play is over. Why would you award a point to a team that fumbled the ball? The bat by B (new force) through the end-line forced the ball out of play and didn't allow A an opportunity to recover.
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REPLY: booker...I think you're still missing an important distinction: FORCE is the energy that puts the ball from the FIELD OF PLAY across a GOAL LINE. It occurs as a result of a pass, kick, fumble, bat, or muff. Once the ball is in the END ZONE, force cannot be added to the loose ball or changed. Your statement that B's bat of a loose ball in the end zone across the end line is a new force is not correct. The force would still be attributed to whichever team put the ball from the field of play into the end zone. In your play where B bats the ball out of the end zone, we will have a flag for an illegal bat, but there's no change in force because of the bat.