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Mon Oct 11, 2004, 01:40pm
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I was watching the ESPN game last night ('skins v/s ravens). I'm not familiar with NFL rules but on a free kick the ball was heading out of bounds. The reciever ran out of bounds on his own accord and then re-entered the field and caught the ball.
The officals ruled that since the player in "out of bounds" the ball was then out of bounds when the player caught it. The recieveing team got the ball on the 40. I'd have thought this would have been a penality on the recieveing team for illegal touching. Whats the general thought? 
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Mon Oct 11, 2004, 02:28pm
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There's no such thing as illegal touching by the defense.
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Mon Oct 11, 2004, 02:54pm
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I saw the play... you didn't quite describe it correctly.
A kickoff bounced and rolled toward the sideline. The receiver ran out of bounds and then, while he still had one food out of bounds, reached into the field of play to grab the kick, which was rolling around a few feet from the sideline. A loose ball that touches a player who is out of bounds is itself out of bounds. Thus, it's a kick out of bounds, and a penalty on the kickers. There's no foul for illegal touching because the receiver never re-entered the field of play... he went out of bounds and stayed there, which is legal. Smart play, since this happened at about the 7 yard line, and the penalty put the ball at the 40.
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Mon Oct 11, 2004, 03:22pm
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In the CaseBook 6.1.8 Situation C it states that as long as the ball has not crossed the plane of the sideline, R is responsible for putting the ball out of bounds. I would rule that R had caused the ball to be out of bounds in the game on Sunday night based on the location of the ball.
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Tue Oct 12, 2004, 10:44am
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