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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Sooooo........whatintheheck is the difference then between this play and saving a ball?  |
I'm not disagreeing here. Obviously the Fed says this is legal, so no problem with the play.
The difference, however, is the intentionality of it. In saving the ball, the player hasn't
intentionally determined anything - the ball determines that he must go OOB. In the situation described, the player intentionally jumps OOB to make a play.
Both are legal, but there is a reason someone could argue one should be legal and one illegal.