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Originally Posted by Amnorix
They looked at it and made a very minor change, but it doesn't really affect anything. Instead of "a football move", nwo they say "established himself as a runner".
The problem with changing the rule is that if you make it too "easy" to complete a catch, then defenders will kill shot receivers half a second after their feet hit the ground, and then it's a FUMBLE.
Unless you want to see a dramatic spike in fumbles that weren't fumbles before, there is no way to "fix" the catch rule.
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it's really not that hard to understand
Having the refs determine when a player actually possess a ball was just too difficult to determine, even with replay. Did the ball stop? Did the ball stop long enough? Did the ball start moving again?
So they switched the parameters of a catch to something that is more concrete to judge.
A receiver must maintain possession of the ball through ground contact unless he has clearly become a runner, then it's a fumble.
2 hands on the ball ... toe-tapping ... ball moving, none of that means a dam thing anymore.
If the player clearly a ball carrier? Yes, fumble. No, must maintain possession through ground contact.