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Originally posted by Bob M.
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Originally posted by ABoselli
I'm with Theisey. The ball hits the pylon, while being held by a player touching inbounds or airborn when last touching inbounds, it's a score.
If it touches the outside of the pylon, where are you placing it? At the .0000001 inch line where is supposedly went OB? That's why it is ruled a TD - you can't place it there.
NCAA 4-2-b. - A ball that touches a pylon is out of bounds behind the goal line.
There's nothing in there about what part of the pylon got touched. There's nothing in there about goal line extended. Just OB behind the goal line. If it got behind the goal line before it was OB, that's a TD.
This try was good.
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REPLY: I agree also. The Federation rule is almost identical to the NCAA rule.
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I'm sorry if I'm off base here or if I'm flogging a dead horse so please forgive me. Let's remove the pylon from the field. Let's look at the S & I, page 28. If a player is touching inbounds and reaches over the goal line extended it's a score, right?
Is that 16 square inches the pylon sits on (4" sideline x 4 " goalline) out of bounds or part of the goal line extended when a player, inbounds, reaches over it with the ball?