Old, But Worth Revisiting

[OverAndBack]

This goes back a while, but someone in my office just emailed it to me and I wasn't thinking as an official in 2001.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhYB8OFMaN8

Without coming down with any part of his body, that can't be a catch, right? (Let's look at this both ways - the NCAA perspective and then what if it happened in your game Friday night.)

I don't know about the NCAA rule (someone help me out here), but the NFHS rule talks about a pass after a change of possession. The player in question doesn't complete the requirements for possession if he doesn't come down with the ball in the field of play, correct?

So isn't this more of tip even though it's intentional and a "catch-and-release" type scenario? Does it seem illegal to you?