"Catchability"?

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

However, Fed's adopting language regarding the ability of a potential receiver to move toward the ball or its path would seem to mean that, yes, they would want a flag thrown 50 yards away because it interferes with the player's ability to move to within 40 yards of the ball's flight!

You have to know the rules, not just quote one random sentence and try to use it to make a point. About 3 lines after what you quoted it says...

ART. 11 . . . It is not forward-pass interference if:
c. Contact by B is obviously away from the direction of the pass.