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Originally posted by JRutledge
How did the defender impede the progress of the receiver? The receiver ran toward the defender. The receiver got away with no problem.
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The rule does not state anything about impeding progress. Only contact.
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Originally posted by JRutledge
Also to be technical, the officials are taught things that are interpreted outside the "words" of the rulebook.
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Does that mean the word contact has a different meaning for this rule than it does for the down by contact rule?