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Did he interfere with his opponent's ability to move toward, catch or bat the pass? Yes. That's why A ran into him. Why would he be running into him if he wasn't positioned in his path to the ball? Is B attempting to move toward, catch or bat the pass? No.
If it were a scrimmage kick and R1 was running up to catch the kick and he had to veer away from it's path because K1 was standing there, would that be kick catch interference? Sure would be. If K was just standing there and R1 was running up to catch it and he ran smack into K1, would it be? Yes again. K (and B) interfered with his opponent's ability to move toward, catch or bat the pass (or kick).
If some big lug TE is lollygagging in the middle of the field because he knows the ball is not supposed to go to him and the ball is thrown and the safety is moving to intercept when he runs smack into Mr. TE, it's pass interference because he interfered with B's ability to move toward, catch or bat the pass.
[Edited by ABoselli on Dec 13th, 2002 at 09:41 AM]
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