Pylon

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Its not OOB until it hits something OOB. When do you stop the clock on a pass that is thrown OOB? When it crosses the line or when it hits something OOB?

I would say all 3 would be touchbacks

You might want to reread the rule on punts out of bounds in particular.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

You might want to reread the rule on punts out of bounds in particular.

That's true. My mistake.

[whitehat]

Lets look at it in "reverse" for a second and see what that does.

What if the pylon definition said a pylon properly placed is completely "in" bounds?
This would seem to make more sense if we then say, If the ball touches the pylon while in player possession going in its a TD, Or, If the pylon is hit by kick we have a TB since all kicks not going out of bounds but breaking the plane of the goal line, in bounds (where the pylon by our new definition now is) are Touch backs.

This would eliminate us confusing how the ball can touch something that is completely "out" of bounds and yet the ball remains "in" bounds (so to speak) in the EZ.

[Altor]

The pylon is fine where it is.

Please understand: I'm not suggesting anybody ignore the approved/official ruling. I just think that ruling is wrong. It flies in the face of physics and common sense in my mind. We all have rules and rulings that we disagree with.

[whitehat]

Thanks for the Pylon discussion. A wierd little object for sure :-)

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Altor

The pylon is fine where it is.

Please understand: I'm not suggesting anybody ignore the approved/official ruling. I just think that ruling is wrong. It flies in the face of physics and common sense in my mind. We all have rules and rulings that we disagree with.

Similar to the NFL and NFHS Rule codes being different, so are the rules for Football and Physics. It all depends on which game you're playing.