Two Head Scratchers

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

2) Although the rule does indicate that a player with the ball can't obstruct, that player still cannot perform an egregious action (such as tripping, holding, etc). It's a HTBT, but obstruction is a possibility, imo.

Yes, I believe Garth (either on this site or another) posted a message a while ago from Jim Evans that said that it IS possible to obstruct with possession of the ball. I'll do a search and see if i can find the thread.

But as you said bob, obstruction is plausible in this situation, but HTBT.