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Originally posted by kentref
(snip)...What about the Case Book 1.2.4 example? From my perspective this represents a play where the runner is clearly in bounds and the ball is clearly in bounds (not breaking the plane of the sideline), when the ball contacts the pylon. In the play I described, the ball was clearly breaking the vertical plane of the sideline. This meant that the goal-line extended would come into play, but only if the runner was touching inbounds.
The try is no good.
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REPLY: I want to make sure I understand this. In both plays, an airborne player reaches the ball out which then touches the pylon. In one, the airborne player (and the ball) is
over the field of play, and in the other he, or at least the ball, were passing
over--but not touching--the out of bounds area just short of the goal line. You would rule the first play a TD (in accordance with NF Case Book play 1.2.4), but in the second play you would rule the player out of bounds somewhere short of the goal line. Is that what you're saying?