Unless someone call tell me the intended purpose of the rule, then, the discussion doesn't do much.
What was the rule meant to discourage or prevent, and why.If you don't know that, then, what are you arguing with?
For all we know it has a good logical reason for existing and does prevent something that would be a problem.
You can't refute the rule adequately unless you can say what it tries to accomplish.
So here's the explanation. Does it make sense or not?
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“You’re responsible for putting the ball into your opponent’s end zone, you’re responsible for recovering it,” Blandino said. “If you don’t and it goes out of bounds or the defense recovers, they’ve defended their goal line, and they get a touchback.”
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The rule draws ire from football fans because the loss of possession feels like an extreme punishment for the team attempting to score. The NFL should be encouraging teams to try to score, not punishing them for stretching out in an attempt to make an exciting play.
Unlike the catch rule, there is a simple solution.
According to Section 38 of the NFL rulebook, a touchback occurs when "the ball is dead on or behind the goal line a team is defending, provided that the impetus comes from an opponent, and that it is not a touchdown or an incomplete pass."
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/2018 06:34PM by zn.
