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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

I don't understand. Are you saying the lack of necessity to enforce violations is because the burden of establishing the handing as being forward is difficult because the "yard line" that the hander-off is on is unclear?

In rugby the comparable ruling is based on the foot positions of the players.

Anyway, let's take a practical example in Fed. A1 takes a handed snap and turns his entire body to face a sideline. A2 comes directly from a line position and "pulls" towards A1, who gives A2 the ball. At the instant the ball is released by A1, the entire ball is ahead of the midline of A1's body, but mostly within A1's frame if you were looking at him from the sideline. A2 on taking the ball moves ahead of A1. Forward handing or not?

Robert, this horse is so past dead, it's remains have already been shipped from the glue factory.

When an official AT ANY LEVEL is burdened by determining whether a handoff, subject to penalty, is forward, or not, he should NOT be throwing a flag unless the action is CLEARLY a violation.

Rugby is a wonderful game, played under it's own rules and concerns, and other than a distant historical factor, has nothing to do with (American) football.