[ChuckElias]

It's also not logical for the NF rules to state that player control continues during a try when the shooter is airborne, and also that team control ends.

Logic is not the primary concern for me in this case. The primary concern, for me anyway, is that the definition is completely unambiguous. Live ball, touched while in the cylinder is a violation. You simply can't get away from the fact that the conditions of the violation have been met.

If you call it by the book, you can defend it. If you don't call it by the book and somebody calls you on it, you're screwed. "Yeah, I know that's what it says, but. . ."

To me, the most interesting thing about this discussion is that neither of us can really bring ourselves to see it from the other angle. I can absolutely see your point, but I think it's completely wrong. And I think you've been saying the same about my point. While we often have this kind of disagreement over matters of judgment, it's not as frequent with definition-type questions. Kind of funny.