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What is now 2 seasons ago the NF made a change and made it a rule that contact obviously away from the direction of the pass should not be called pass interference. It's a pretty safe assumption that they did this because they are considering the issue of advantage and disadvantage. In this case they came down on the side of thinking that the contact does not affect the outcome of the play so they want officials to pass on it.

NCAA has the uncatchable provision for the same reason. You hold your flag on contact that otherwise would be interference if the ball is not catchable due to the fact that the receiver never would have caught the ball anyway....no disadvantage created.

So I guess you could say the philosophy of advantage/disadvantage is codified in some circumstances. Since it would be an impossibility to put into writing every rule and circumstance where it needs to apply it seems a pretty safe bet that we are to think this way. The committees do.