re: Trying more to understand this fumble non recovery

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There isn’t a process to it like a catch, you either control the ball or you don’t.

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Exactly. This isn't a reception, with those rules.

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Don’t know where y’all are coming up with that, but the rules for a catch and a recovery are the same. Namely that the player must maintain possession long enough to “perform an act common to the game” (e.g. the old “football move”).

Doesn’t say the player has to perform a football move, but he must possess the ball long enough to do so.

The only difference between the rules for a catch and fumble recovery is that a catch cannot hit the ground, while a recovery can.