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Can the "catch rule" be fixed?
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<blockquote data-quote="adambr2" data-source="post: 761610" data-attributes="member: 7277"><p>I agree with Amish that your rule disregards the time aspect of a catch in football and think you are underestimating how crucial that is. </p><p></p><p>By your definition, anytime you see a receiver initially catch a ball with his feet on the ground and have it come sprawling lose upon a big, clean hit from a defender, the play is a fumble. Is that your intent? Do you really see that as an improvement from the current ambiguity?</p><p></p><p>You're not eliminating controversy, you're just changing what the controversy is about. I guarantee within a week or two of this new rule, you'd see a play in which a receiver may or may not have made a catch, it touched his hands, just exactly at the same time that a big corner reached in and swatted the ball out of his grip. </p><p></p><p>Now the officials have spent several minutes reviewing the play and are trying to determine whether this was a catch and fumble or incomplete pass.</p><p></p><p>The professional game happens way too fast to ignore the time and aftermath element that a catch requires.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adambr2, post: 761610, member: 7277"] I agree with Amish that your rule disregards the time aspect of a catch in football and think you are underestimating how crucial that is. By your definition, anytime you see a receiver initially catch a ball with his feet on the ground and have it come sprawling lose upon a big, clean hit from a defender, the play is a fumble. Is that your intent? Do you really see that as an improvement from the current ambiguity? You're not eliminating controversy, you're just changing what the controversy is about. I guarantee within a week or two of this new rule, you'd see a play in which a receiver may or may not have made a catch, it touched his hands, just exactly at the same time that a big corner reached in and swatted the ball out of his grip. Now the officials have spent several minutes reviewing the play and are trying to determine whether this was a catch and fumble or incomplete pass. The professional game happens way too fast to ignore the time and aftermath element that a catch requires. [/QUOTE]
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