[JayLear]

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This would be my radical change to the game - no such thing as turnovers due to a fumble. I always thought giving the ball to the other team was way too severe a penalty for someone getting a good hit on the ball carrier.

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So how exactly does your proposal change how this situation is handled? The running back fumbles the ball and the defense pounces on it...then what? They give the ball back to the offense with a 10 or 15 yard penalty? This intrigues me. Is the penalty increased if the defense picks up the fumble and returns it for a TD? Maybe that would make it a personal foul, and the RB would be ejected!

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I'm not sure why this is so hard to grasp. Why would the defense pounce on the ball if it didn't mean a turnover?? The RB just gets forward progress to where the ball popped out. It would take the luck factor out of the game and let running backs run harder if they didn't have to worry about a lucky stab knocking the ball out.

Here's the box...think outside of it.

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This is so stupid, I don't even know how to respond to it. You think that running backs currently aren't running as hard as they should because they're afraid of getting hit hard and fumbling? There's no luck to hammering somebody and making them drop the ball.

BTW...Nice finish to the post, implying that everybody laughing off your idea isthe result of small-thinking on their part. You're truly a trail blazer. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]