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Originally posted by TXMike
It may not make a difference in Fed but it does in NCAA. Our definitions include a section on the snap that says when the snap is muffed, it becomes a backward pass, not a fumble.
That is an important distinction because of things that are permitted on 4th downs and trys if the ball is a backwards pass as opposed to a fumble.
We don't bag a "bad snap" but would bag a failed handing behind the NZ.
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But still why bag it? When the backward pass is recovered where will the succeeding spot be?
If a player fouls during the loose ball, where is the enforcement spot and wouldn't any spot of a foul be marked with a flag and not a bag?