[ml/nj]

This is football, not a nanny state.

I know. Life isn't fair sometimes, and neither are the rules in football always fair.

ML/NJ

[SoothingDave]

Unlike you, I see no great injustice in awarding a safety to the defense when a team fumbles the ball out of their own end zone.

The tuck rule is a different story and the fact you can't advance a "muffed punt" is simply arbitrary. But fumbling away a safety doesn't bother me.