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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
Interesting. It goes back to why a bag is needed. In Canada, we bag a fumble because if there is an IW, it goes back to the team that last had possession, at the Point of Fumble. Hence, the need for the bag. If there is a "takeaway" and an IW goes off, the covering official has to judge if A ever lost possession.
It does make sense that handing cannot occur between opponents.
I actually have a copy of Fed books from '05, but it's not like I ever have time to read them.  |
For Fed, the "why" we would bag this is related to penalty enforcement.
For instance: 1st and 10 on the A20, A2 runs a sweep and is stripped (no airborne football here) at the A35 yard line. During A2s run, B11 blocks A11 below the waist at the A24 yard line. Wouldn't you need to know where A2 lost possession to properly enforce the penalty? (In this example, the basic spot is the end of the run - A35, the B foul is behind the basic spot, so enforce from the basic spot - 15 yards. 1st and 10 for A from the 50)
Do you do something different in this case?