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Originally Posted by Ia-Ref
If the ball is inbounds when touched by an R player who is touching oob, the R player is the one who caused the ball to be come dead. R's ball at the spot.
If R while touching oob, reaches oob and touches a kick that has broken the sideline plane, the kicker is the one who caused the ball to become dead. Flag it there and give R their options.
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The situation you describe is one of the reasons for the revision of NF: 9-6-2.
Previously, NF: 2-29-3, "
A loose ball is OOB when it touches anything,
including a player or game official, that is OOB." Note there is no limitation or restriction as to how
or why either the player or official is OOB, and in this situation the ball is clearly a "loose ball" as defined by NF: 2-1-3.
It is
NOT THE PLAYER who has caused the ball to become dead, rather that is
caused by the loose ball touching a player who is (already) OOB, as defined by NF: 2-29-1. Considering the advantage, subsequently decided to be improper, deliberately creating this ill gotten gain, NF: 9-6-2 was adjusted to prohibit the practice and correct this imbalance.