This makes sense. Hence it will never happen. Time to jack around with kickoff rules again. MOAR TOUCHBAX!!!
It was a lateral. There was an offensive tackle 6 yards downfield when the pitch was made.
Hey coach, the rule has changed and you don't have a return threat!
I was referring to what Paintballer said about what he felt the refs should assume. I felt the idea of blowing a play dead because of assumption is a flaw in the rule, if that is the way the rule is to be interpreted.
That's the best reason of all right there.
Either it was a lateral and the refs screwed up by calling otherwise and by missing the offensive holding
Or
Of was a forward pass and the refs should have called offensive holding and illegal man down field.
I really don't get why you guys are still discussing this, but the above post caught my eye.
Feel free to double check me, but I believe that I recall the rule book says that when the decision is in doubt, it is a forward pass.That is why it was called that way on the field. If they had called it a fumble when in doubt, that would be against the rule book.