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Originally Posted by waltjp
I think Mike's point is - how can an official who can not see the ball rule on whether the ball was possessed before the player touched out of bounds?
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Because catching the ball was irrelevant.
The question was was the ball out of bounds? The official only needed to see the receiving team touch the ball and judge if he was in bounds or out of bounds. His ruling was out of bounds and it was confirmed by replay.