More Ohio Micromanaging!

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Over many decades, the rules makers have fiddled with the presence or absence of add'l wording to clarify what "possession" is, and I don't know if they ever succeed in clarifying it or taking any element of judgment out of it.

I agree that far too often the effort to add generalized clarifying language creates more additional questions than it does answers. I submit the focus, and concentration, should be directed more at a thorough understanding of "possession" (NFHS:2-34-1 & 2) and the requirements of a "Catch"
(NFHS : 2-4).

"Perform a second act" seems extraordinarily ambiguous, subject to never ending interpretation and dispute, where as assessing and judging "possession", maintained while in contact with the ground in-bounds is finite, after which whatever happens, happens. (continues to advance, stopped, fumble, TD, OOB, etc)