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Originally posted by JimNayzium
so if i had state champion long jumper it would not help...i cannot leave the field of play become airborne at say the five yard line.....moving 45 degrees out of bounds....i land with the ball having crossed the sideline at the three but i land five yards deep in the endzone...assuming i could long jump farther than carl lewis...the ball would break the plane of the goaline but not while i was touching in bounds so this ball would be spotted at the three where it crossed the sideline? yes...but do i really need to reach for pylon in NF rules? if my feet are clinging in bounds at the two, and i crossed the plane out of bounds witht hte ball, but my feet where still in at the one and a half, does the ball need to hit or be inside the pylon?
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### As soon as a runner goes airborne, the yard line where the ball is spotted is the point at which its forward edge breaks the plane of the sideline.
It is not possible to cross the goal-line extended with an airborne player and have it be a TD.
To be a TD, the player must be in contact with the ground while breaking the plane of the GL-extended.
Both the NCAA and NF codes agree on this principle.