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Originally Posted by canuckrefguy
Really? 
So one player can outright catch it in the air, and another player can come in clearly afterwards and as long as he gets a hand on the ball it's simultaneous?
I'll take your word for it, Rut - you've reffed football probably as long as I've been alive  - but to this casual fan it seems like a strange rule. |
First of all you do not catch the ball in the air. You catch the ball when you come down with it. Again, you said you were not a football official right?
I do not care what casual fans think because that is silly when it moves to basketball either. Basketball fans think that it is a foul on a defender if he moves. And I am a deep wing in college and a Back Judge in high school and rule on these kinds of plays all the time. Players always go up for the ball and it does not mean anything until they come down to the ground.
Peace