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Originally posted by Gambler75
Okay ... Is this rugby? Badmitton?

At what level of football outside the NFL, is that NOT considered grounding?

The reward of throwing the ball away and robbing the D of a sack, has to have the risk of needing to throw it near a receiver and possibly getting picked IMO.

How many times have you seen a QB just as he's getting hit, try to throw it away / to a short receiver and put a wobbly ugly duckling in the air that a LB picks off. Bledsoe was classic for those ...

Here's the thing though. What you're suggesting is crossing over with another suggestion (out there somewhere)... penalties. As the game is now (and has been for a VERY long time) there are only 2(?) penalties in the game. Offsides and false start. In that suggestion it is basically split into 2 schools of thought. #1 is do away with all penalties... #2 is add the rest (pass int, facemask, roughing the passer, ect, ect, ect.). Considering how easy it is to have bug issues every time a major change is made to the game, I would prefer no penalties myself.
And that also is where the bumping of heads comes into the conversation. No matter how hard people wish this was the NFL... it isn't and never will be. Why? Because it is an electronic game... not a real life game. The mods and coders have spent a LOT of time and effort getting this game as good as it is now... and will continue to spend a lot of time and effort making it better. But what WE should want is a game we can TRUST whenever we play it. Bugs are NOT good for that. Just spend some time reading the various angry posts of seasons past whenever a bug or issue caused a team to lose an important game... simply because something wasn't working right. I don't want GLB to be making things WORSE by adding unnecessary things into the game... and penalties simply are NOT necessary. Would it be neat to have them? Yeah... sure. A little more realism is nice. But NOT at the expense of the current quality of gameplay. Maybe someday, they'll find a way to add/improve penalties. But, until then, I'd rather not have things that could cause more angst among players and owners... especially things that really aren't that important.
-1

Let's get this done.

+1

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
As the game is now (and has been for a VERY long time) there are only 2(?) penalties in the game. Offsides and false start.

What?
You mean encroachment and false start.

There are scenarios where it is a good thing to eliminate throwing it away, and there are scenarios where you'd curse yourself for ever making the suggestion. Like being on defense trailing late - I'd want the opposing QB to stop the clock and would give my left nut to trade that sack for the 30-40 seconds that I just lost.

+1

At least throw within the area or the receiver.

Thrown low would work better than the Throw Away.
So long as the ball is within the guidelines of the rule.

Originally posted by greengoose
There are scenarios where it is a good thing to eliminate throwing it away, and there are scenarios where you'd curse yourself for ever making the suggestion. Like being on defense trailing late - I'd want the opposing QB to stop the clock and would give my left nut to trade that sack for the 30-40 seconds that I just lost.

Ummm, being that they were MIA for about 3 seasons, I am not sure what the "curse" would be. Bad passes are a curse enough without forcing another that cannot be adjusted, since I am guessing this is hard coding even after you attempt to adjust to eliminate them.

I have seen a thrown away even after the QB had a wide open TE in his cope, not sure why this would be a good thing on 3rd downs.

Originally posted by BagO'Chips
What?
You mean encroachment and false start.

Yeah. Brain fart. That's what I meant though.

QBs are a little too omnipotent feeling the rush and tossing the ball out of bounds.

Robs the defense of forcing a loss, and since it's landing in the 3rd row - you've taken the risk (INT) of having to throw it near a receiver instead of taking the sack.

+1 to getting rid of it, making them need to throw it near a receiver, or if we're stuck with it - at least make the VIS check harder.