Fumble Out of End Zone Into Field of Play Resulting in Safety NFHS Rule 8-5-2

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by FeetBallRef

I didn't understand the response. The issue as I understand it is that if Team A's QB backs up into his end zone and while attempting a pass, Team B hits his arm and causes the ball to be fumbled out of the end zone into the field of play.
Once in the field of play, if Team B muffs the ball out of bounds, it is a Safety on Team A. OR, if Team B adds new Force to the fumble back across the goal line and Team A recovers the ball, it is a Touchback. This disparity doesn't make sense to me!

If it's while A was attempting a forward pass, then it's just an incomplete pass and dead on hitting the ground. It's the initial direction of the ball in Fed that determines whether it's a forward pass.