Airborne Receiver

[JRutledge]

If a player cannot come to the ground and still keep the ball, then I do not have a catch. The NF does not have to address this for me to make a call. And I do not think the NF is going to address this because they really do not need to. The NCAA always does a better job to give information on plays and situations. Like I have said before, the NF does a lot of things slowly and if they were on top of many issues, you would not see the many disagreements on how you handle a gimmick offense. This philosophy is easier to explain and easier to be consist on. If I had to judge whether someone had control after they hit the ground, then you might get all kinds of different judgments. I think this philosophy does nothing more than keep us consistent.

Peace

[svm1010]

I'm with Rutledge on this one... Incomplete. As BobM quotes, 2-4-1 specifically states that the receiver must maintain possession of the ball as a requirement of a "catch" and possession indicates a level of control over the ball. If the receiver can't control the ball past the one instance where he contacts the ball I don't think he has control and therefore possession and therefore no catch.