The 'Tuck Rule' Getting Scrapped?

http://www.packersnews.com/art...liminating-tuck-rule

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One of the most controversial rules in the NFL is on the verge of abolishment.

Teams will vote next week on a proposal to eliminate the tuck rule.

It was one of six proposed rule changes announced Thursday by the league’s competition committee, which includes Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy.

Under the proposal, a quarterback who loses the ball while attempting to bring it back to his body will be charged with a fumble.

“It basically changes our tuck rule so that it is a fumble if the player loses possession as he attempts to bring the ball back to his body,” St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher said. “Obviously, if the passer loses control of the ball as the arm is moving forward, it will still be an incomplete pass. But we now say if in the passing motion he attempts to bring the ball back to his body, even if he completes the tuck, and loses the ball in an attempt to bring the ball back to his body, it will be a fumble.”