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Originally Posted by rockyroad
Had the offensive player caught the pass before the contact took place?
He obviously had, so then he had the ball and time and distance are not factors.
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Rule 4-12
ART 1... A player is in control of the ball when he/she is holding or dribbling a live ball.
The player is clearly not dribbling the ball at the time of contact, so would you say he is holding it? I wouldn't. Because when I read the dribbling part of the equation, "holding" tells me the player is standing still with the ball... which the player clearly isn't standing still with the ball.