Play situation - Need input.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Jerry Blum

Legal is my feeling on this as well, but the idea that they were leaving the playing floor to gain an advantage, similar to the violation for running out of bounds to go around a pick was the opposing thought.

This is a case where you can apply the rule, "You are where you were till you get where you're going." In other words, the player is still inbounds, even when he's in the air over the oob area, until he actually touches oob. So since he's still inbounds, the play is legal. Breaking the plane doesn't make him oob.