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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
Actually the above applies only when the runner but not the ball goes out of bounds. For instance, if a player is carrying the ball in his left hand (which would usually be bad form in this case) and his right foot steps on the sideline, the ball is dead at its foremost point (which happens to be in bounds) when the runner stepped out of bounds. The ball is technically out of bounds by virtue of being in contact with a person who is touching the ground on or outside the sideline, but the spot where it's dead is in bounds.
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Right. Which, in the play in question (which I guess you had to see) is what happened.
Ball was in bounds. Foot touched out of bounds. Ball should be spotted at the foremost point of the ball when the foot touched out of bounds. Not where the foot touched out of bounds. Everyone looks to see where the foot touched, and, in most cases, if you're standing more or less straight up, the ball should be vertically above where your foot is.
It's if you're leaning forward or holding the ball out that it becomes dicey.
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OTOH, if a runner is running at an angle to the sideline and is off the ground and lands out of bounds, the dead ball spot is where the ball crossed the plane of the sideline. However, that doesn't stop a touchdown from occurring first.
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Right. But you wouldn't use the spot where the foot touched (if it touches) as the OOB spot if the ball was ahead of that spot at that instant, right?