re: Serious Question for Officials

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Maybe preventing a cheap way to avoid a loss on a broken play

Ex. 2nd and 4 in the middle of the game, QB fumbles the snap, picks it up and spikes it to avoid the loss on a broken play.

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This is the correct answer. Imagine say the first snap of the UGA/UT game, what if Bennett had been able to pick up the high snap and then immediately spike it... instead of a 20 yard loss on the play, it becomes an incomplete pass.