Illegal touching

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Sounds like you handled it fine to me. Did your U not have a flag because he wasn't sure if the pass had been tipped or not?

I might prefer that the flag be thrown immediately and then the crew comes together to discuss if the pass was tipped but you got the spot of the foul and got it right so that is probably trivial.

The mechanic I would prefer is for the U to flag the illegal touching because that is what he saw. If he then finds out the ball was tipped, then he picks it up. I see this as a little different than IG because the R doesn't know yet if there was anyone in the area (a requirement). The tipped ball creates an exception to the illegal touching penalty so I would expect it to result in a flag and then get picked up if it was determined the pass was tipped. I think either mechanic is perfectly acceptable though.