Flaw in new loss of down rule!

[Bob M.]

REPLY: I brought this play up the day after the Fed released its 2005 rule changes. Except in mine, the inequity was a little more obvious.

PLAY: A's ball 4-10 from A's 5. 0:04 remain in the fourth quarter. A leads 13-10. A10 muffs the snap. He recovers at his 1 yard line. Seeing he's about to get creamed, he throws a desperation pass to no one in the flats. During the pass, time expires. RULING (2005): We're all going home. A has successfully used a foul to end the game. In 2004, it would have been B's ball, 1-G at A's 1/2 yardline.

Or you could end the play like this: On the pass, B is about to intercept for an easy TD. A88 realizes this and pulls him down before the pass gets there. Same ruling: Let's go home. OPI carries LOD.

Kevin (KWH), Steve (SRH) and I developed some wording intended to close this gap. Steve and Kevin are the state interpreters from their respective states. I'm just a poor slob in NJ. Kevin presented it at the Fed meeting in Indianapolis. The Fed recognizes the problem and are reviewing it. The wording we came up with would essentially cancel any scores by the offending team and give the offended team the option of extending or not.