Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
Sorry they told you wrong....you don’t get an advantage fumbling the ball forward “out of bounds”....bean bag at spot of fumble is as far forward as it can go if going out of bounds...The crews have always told us on the sidelines it has to be completely blatant throw of the ball for them to consider a flag for that. Anything even somewhat resembling a fumble, intent doesn’t matter and it goes to the spot it goes out of bounds. The reason I said “basically” is you said 30 yards. I think if you threw it 30 yards, they might deem that a forward pass.