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Originally Posted by cmathews
I agree in this case the run is part of the loose ball play. It is part of the Loose Ball Play because the fumble ocurred behind the LOS...if it had ocurred beyond the LOS then it isn't part of the Loose Ball Play. In such a case as that the enforcement spot is the end of the run...
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This is really wack. I just learned in another thread of Fed's classif'n of loose ball plays like this, as the entire down. For fouls that occurred while the ball was in a player's possession, what was wrong with using the basic spot determination as for a running play, that Fed had to go & change it to something where a subsequent fumble can have such a perverse effect on the spot? In fact, I'd say that even for fouls while the fumbled ball is loose, using the end of the preceding run would be more equitable than the previous spot. And the way both Fed & NCAA define "fumble" (by exclusion), it's possible for runners to deliberately fumble any time they want to.
Robert