[Husker] Example from the rule book on incomplete TD Pass

[Smith, William]

Matt Millen explained this fairly well... the receiver must maintain control through the entire process of the play and the play isn't over when his foot/knee touches the ground.  the play remains "live" until the player's body is more or less "in control".   Control must be maintained through the act of falling and coming to a rest. 

This makes some sense, since there really should be no doubt that a catch has been made.  Giving the ball up a half a second after a knee comes down probably should not qualify as a catch.

Believe me I don't like the implication of this anymore than any of you.  But imagine how you'd see the play if the receiver was wearing a different color jersey.

Bill Smith
Towson, MD 

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Steve Reichenbach
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [Husker] Example from the rule book on incomplete TD Pass

One aspect of this was that his knee came down well before the ball
came out as his body hit the ground.  Is he down on the ground when
his knee is down?

> "Airborne receiver A85 grasps a forward pass and in the process
> of going to the ground, first contacts the ground with his left foot
> inbounds as he falls to the ground out of bounds. Immediately
> upon A85 hitting the ground out of bounds, the ball comes loose.
> RULING: Incomplete pass regardless of whether or not the ball hits
> the ground because the receiver is out of bounds."

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