Worst rule in all sports

[BB73]

Reach the ball across the 42 yard line and pull back to the 45.... who has a 6-foot-long arm? Yikes!


If you want to make the rule that any fumble that the offense recovers (or goes out of bounds), and it goes forwards, the ball goes back to the spot of the fumble, I'll vote for it. Not that I have a vote. Fumble in your own endzone and your lineman falls on it at the 2? Safety. I like that rule.

In a bad Heisman pose:

 

[Zurp]

Interesting. So how does the offense recover and not get a safety? Do they have to pick the ball up, run back to the end zone and then carry it out again? Do they have to grab the ball and advance it at least (insert distance here)?

Ha. Good question.
Maybe the nerd who fumbled it can advance it?

 

[zwem]

That stupid trapezoid in the NHL. The goalie should be able to go anywhere he wants.

The PGA tour does a lot of dumb shit as well. I remember Dustin Johnson winning the US Open several years ago and in the final round they stated he "may have" committed a 1 stroke penalty but wouldn't find out until after he completed his round.

 

[Zurp]

That stupid trapezoid in the NHL. The goalie should be able to go anywhere he wants.

The PGA tour does a lot of dumb shit as well. I remember Dustin Johnson winning the US Open several years ago and in the final round they stated he "may have" committed a 1 stroke penalty but wouldn't find out until after he completed his round.

I don't follow the NHL. I guess I don't know anything about the trapezoid.
You've got a point about golf. "Keep your own score, but if it's wrong, we're going to penalize you." So if you get penalized and didn't realize it, you turn in the wrong score and get penalized, again.
I still say the fumble out of the endzone is the worst rule I know of in sports.