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Considering that it is only the sports nerds complaining about the rule and everyone on the competition committee played tackle football before coaching tackle football, the rule should always remain the same.
The first time I saw the rule enforced was in the 70's when a big guy on defense was trying to return a fumble or interception back and the offensive player caught up and punched the ball out at the 5 yard line and the ball rolled out of the back of the endzone. It was interesting to find out what the rule was, but it did not seem unfair at all.
The complaint about the rule is more about how kids have been raised in the last 50 years. And, how the NFL has a lot of fans that never played tackle football but care a lot about fantasy football and daily fantasy football.
Maybe they could change the rules in fantasy football and dock a player 15 fantasy points whenever he fumbles anywhere on the field. No matter who recovers the ball or if it goes out of bounds or out of the endzone.
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