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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
How hard would it be to rule on possession of a caught ball if you had to determine, basketball-style, whether the player touched ground out of bounds before catching it, rather than and instead of after? I.e. if touching the ground in bounds after catching the ball were not necessary, but last touching the ground in bounds before catching it were?
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I'm not sure I understand, Are you suggesting; a player could leap, from a position in-bounds, to out of-bounds, secure possession of a ball in flight and land as far out of-bounds as possible, and complete a catch? Wouldn't that change the entire perspective of sideline passing?
As it stands now, a player touching OOB is considered OOB and subsequent touching of a live ball by that OOB player, kills the ball, so if he completes a catch, he has caught a dead ball.