2015 CFO bulletin #2 released

[HoustonUmp]

A11 gave the ball up when he handed it to A44.  That now takes the ability to legally throw the ball away by team A out of the equation.

[TXMike]

By rule, absolutely!!  But his explanation says the opposite: 
While the
exception to Rule 7-3-2-h applies to the player who receives the ball from the snapper,
the spirit and intent of the rule is that he does not give up the ball until he throws the
forward pass. (7-3-2-h)

[Kalle]

Actually, by rule this is a legal forward pass, as A11 is the player who received the snap. But RR is ruling that the spirit of the rule is broken in this situation and that should take precedence, and I'm willing to bet that there will be an editorial change next year.

[TxSkyBolt]

He's saying that the exception assumes "he dose not give up the ball until he throws"


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[dvasques]

he uses the exact same sentence in the game review 5
I understood that the spirit of the rule is to give the exception to the player who receives the snap, only if he does not give up the ball before trying to "ground it" later
And in the case of the play, he did give the ball up to another player before getting the ball back and then getting rid of it to avoid the loss
so, illegal forward pass