Out of Bounds?

[billyc8037]

OK, Had a partner call OOB tonight PRIOR to being touched by an OOB Player and PRIOR to coming in contact with anything that was in fact OOB. Later I questioned him about it and he said as soon as the ball crossed the boundry line... it was OOB. I offered my view on article 2 and in my opinion the player was "airborne" trying to "save" the ball and he deserved the opportunity to do so. Partner claims that the ball must stay within the boundry line and that if an airborne player goes OOB trying to save the ball it is fine as long as the ball stays on the court and doesn't go beyond the boundry line? Any thoughts, views?

[tjones1]

So he's saying that there's a plane and once the ball breaks that plane it's OOB?

Obviously, that is wrong.

[JugglingReferee]

I had a similar situation with a football official. Luckily, it was after the game while having a post-game meal. It took me 30 minutes of discussion to convince him otherwise.

Maybe ask him why he has never seen that call made in the 000's of games that he has seen.

[BktBallRef]

Sounds like a confused soccer official.

[BoomerSooner]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Sounds like a confused soccer official.

That was exactly what I thought.

I don't see how anybody who has ever seen a couple of HS games or anything at a higher level hasn't seen this before.