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Originally Posted by bisonlj
...Another possible issue (although I've heard some officials let it go based on their own philosophy) is the ball goes off the hands of the receiver (who is behind the NZ) and the ball lands beyond the NZ. Thus it is a forward pass that crosses the neutral zone and you have eligible receivers blocking. Same thing applies to ineligible receivers downfield.
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REPLY: As JasonTx explained, it's not a foul in NCAA; and in Fed it's not a foul as long as ineligible A players don't touch (rule should probably say "muff, bat, or catch") the pass. So this can't be ruled OPI. It might be illegal touching. And you are correct that you might have ineligibles downfield if they were beyond the NZ before the pass was in flight.