Canadian Ruling
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Originally Posted by ChickenOfNC
Airborne receiver catches a pass and the defender forces him OOB where he first touches the ground OOB. I think we'll all agree that, by rule, if the WR would have come down inbounds without the contact, this a catch.
The question is about forward progress and clock status.
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CANADIAN RULING:
The rulings depend on a few things, as outlined in the bullets below: - Before the 3-minute warning
- Pushed OOB further than the spot of catch
- Forward progress is the spot where the ball crosses the plane of the sideline
- Clock is stopped when the ball carrier lands OOB
- Clock on the RFP
- Pushed OOB behind the spot of catch
- Forward progress is the spot of catch
- Clock is not stopped
- Clock on the RFP
- After the 3-minute warning
- Pushed OOB further than the spot of catch
- Forward progress is the spot where the ball crosses the plane of the sideline
- Clock is stopped when the ball carrier lands OOB
- Clock on the snap
- Pushed OOB behind the spot of catch
- Forward progress is the spot of catch
- Clock is stopped when the official rules that forward progress was stopped
- Clock on the RFP
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Last edited by JugglingReferee; Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 03:41pm.
Reason: re-read my post to confirm accuracy and found the mistake
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