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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
Thus the proof that your interp is not what FED or NCAA wants - this player is NOT illegal, and may even catch this pass so long as he lands with 1 foot first in bounds. There are caseplays for this in both books.
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Mike, since you and Welpe are apparently such scholars of the English language, perhaps you can educate those of us struggling to keep pace. I keep asking for advice that couild help me understand some logical rational helping me to grasp why the rules would provide for a player who has absolutely and totally complied with the requirements of being OOB, to be given the opportunity to reverse that condition while remaining OOB and allowing him to interact with play from beyond the confines of the playing field.
Previous tense and your gramatical expertise aside, can you tell me
ANY circumstance that would make this type of interaction fit with the basic concept of the game, as relates to being OOB?
There are exceptions to people being forced OOB, which allow them to return inbounds and participate, although there
doesn't seem to be any exception to their being allowed to participate while remaining OOB. Offensive players (A or K) are
NOT ALLOWED to exit the field and return (unless forced) and their otherwise returning is
Illegal Participation.
It seems to some of us with less insight than you, that the rules try to clearly separate being OOB from being within the Field of Play, exceptions noted, so the simply question seems, " why would such an abstract interpretation that allows a player, who has clearly fullfilled the requirements of being OOB, be given this impractical and, dare I say silly,
notion of regaining the ability to participate in the game while remaining beyond the field of play.
Surely, your special insight, can detail a reasonable explanation. If not, perhaps your headlights don't shine as far and as bright as you assumed they did.