Airborne Receiver

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by wwcfoa43

In Canada, we have the same interpretation that the ground can cause an incompletion.

In my interpretation, unless the knee hitting the ground and the rest of the body hitting the ground can be clearly distinguished as separate events and not part of the same action of hitting the ground, I would rule that the pass was incomplete because the player's possession did not survive the contact with the ground.

For it to be complete in this situation, the player would have to land on his knee, pause with control of the ball and then fall over to hit the ground "again".

I agree on both accounts.

But you forgot two things: #1 - the lightbulb. #2 - 2 years some members were confused, thinking that my responses were replies based on US codes. They missed the the only indication that the ruling is Canadian in the message title. That's why I have since added the "CANADIAN RULING:" text at the beginning of rulings.