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Originally Posted by rubecube
The basic premise still relies on someone failing at their job though. It makes about as much sense as saying that teams should be able to run back dropped passes on 4th down and then awarding a team that doesn't complete a pass in the endzone a point.
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So should a play be called dead in hockey after the goaltender makes any save or after a shot goes wide, or after a basketball player misses, or after a deep fly-ball bounces off the outfield fence and stays in play or after an infielder botches their throw to first? After all, those are all someone failing at their primary objective.
Sports if full of 'mitigation of failure' strategies, where one side is unsuccessful in their aim, but play continues until one side or the other obtains a certain outcome. Sometimes, the side that 'fails' is able to mitigate their loss or even gain an advantage. Sometimes, the other side successfully punishes the failing team. Those are often the most interesting moments in sports, and sports would be dull without it. Saying that field-goal kicking should somehow to be the exception to this rule is strange.