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Old Sat Oct 04, 2003, 09:53pm
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Originally posted by JMN
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Originally posted by Theisey
definition 2-32: A ball in player possession is a live ball held or controlled by a player after it has been handed or snapped to him, or after he as caught or recovered it.
I would say that the ball pinned against the ground by R does constitute "CONTROL".
I thought so too, intitially, after reading Tom's post. BUT, (notice the big BUT) the rule states control AFTER the recovery. Take out the words that don't apply to this situation.

A ball in player possession is a live ball...controlled by a player after...he has...recovered it.
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