I have to say I'm utterly shocked at all the illogical defenses of the force out rule. Rewarded for pushing a guy out of bounds? Uh, why should a receiver be rewarded for not catching a ball in bounds? Yeah a guy would catch it if not pushed out.. This is FOOTBALL..the goal of the defense is to tackle you or push you out of bounds..!! A defender's job is to either not let you stay in bounds or tackle you. Supporting this rule is the same as supporting a rule where if a defender hadn't tipped a ball, a pass could be ruled a completion to the receiver if it wasn't tipped. Or if a player hadn't been tackled, he would have scored. So every play would be a touchdown. Why should the defense be punished for doing his job? Why should a receiver be rewarded for the defense doing their job? Some of you act like it happens a lot, it's pretty rare that it's called but when it did I wanted to pull my hair out at such an illogical rule.
As for so many people in a row thinking that a forward pass behind the line of scrimmage should be a fumble..huh?! Why should a forward pass in ANY circumstance count as a fumble? It's not a fumble unless it's lateral or backwards..the line of scrimmage has naught to do with it.
