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Originally Posted by bisonlj
Think of it like the ball being tipped before it gets to the receiver. That contact is ignored as well but it no less prevents the receiver from getting to it. There are lots of gray areas of judgement and a good official limits the gray. This philosophy is assuming the receiver would have a hard time catching the ball that is underthrown and intercepted by someone else.
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I don't have an issue with the philosophy when the ball is intercepted at a point the receiver couldn't have reached absent the interference.
In this case though, it's the interference that prevents the receiver from reaching the point of the interception which is what allows the interception.
It's not interference because it was intercepted but it was intercepted because there was interference.