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I basically agree with everything said so far. I would only add that I would have to see the play to determine if the fumble was intentional or not. If the player is being tackled by the legs and he is short of the line to gain late in the game and the ball just happens to pop out forward, then I would rule it an illegal forward pass. If it appears a "legitimate" hit coincides with the ball coming out, I would have no foul. I'm thinking in this play if its not clear, I would give benefit of the doubt to the A player and call no foul.
I would not mind seeing a 4th down or late 4th quarter fumble rule in NF to avoid rewarding a team for failure. What I would really like to see is a different rule on fumbles going out of bounds, specifically, that a ball that goes forward and OOB, goes back to the spot of the fumble, and a ball that goes backwards and OOB is put in play at the point it went OOB. Getting credit for fumble that rolls forward and then out is really rewarding a mistake.
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