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Old Fri Oct 30, 2015, 09:10am
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Originally Posted by BoomerSooner View Post
I think you are trying to make the point that the ball is dead regardless of who catches it if any member of R signals for a fair catch. If, for example, R1 signals for a fair catch and R2 makes the catch, the ball is dead upon R2's catch, but a fair catch is not awarded nor is R2 afforded protection from contact after the catch (although a late hit would still be possible since the ball is dead and the whistle should sound pretty quickly).

My point was that KCI occurs when K contacts R before R has an opportunity to make a catch regardless of whether a fair catch was or was not signaled.
Indeed....very interesting pre-game topic, since it's so rare but blows up spectacularly if it does happen and you're not prepared.
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