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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
No, the idea is to prevent it from being live and close to his body. I'm describing the situation that almost inevitably occurs if you allow the ball to remain live after a player falls prone on it. The ball hardly ever moves far from that spot, so you have that player's body and a bunch of others piled up around it, and will wind up taking a guess as to who has possession, or following some other non-football procedure to decide it.
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Whoever has it when we unpile 'em gets it. That's the way the game is played. Why is that so difficult for you to understand?