Is it a touchdown? Continued

[mtridge]

Here is the play scenario I was given.

a 3rd and goal at the b 5, a22 jumps up from 2 yards deep in the endzone and controls a forward pass before a 22 comes to the ground b12 contacts a22 and knocks him back into the field of play where he lands on his feet at the b2 and is tackled at the b1.

Here is the ruling I was given by a person, not a rule book


irst, in order to have a catch you must first understand the elements of a catch. They are possession of the ball AND contact with the ground, and the player must maintain possession through the catch. If the ball comes loose at anytime then you can't have a catch. So, we were talking about a player that is air-borne with possession in the end zone and is contacted while still in the air and knocked back into the field of play. Now there are several different situations that can come up and several different was to officiate this type of play and none of them are the same. So, to make life simple for us when we get into situations that we can't be consistent on there are what is call officiating philosophies. This is what was discussed, if you have an air-borne receiver and he has control of the ball and is contacted while still in the air and is knocked back into the field of play here are two simple philosophies that will help you be consistent when making this call. If the contact puts the player on the ground in the field of play then you would give this player forward progress and this would be a TD, now lets say that this player lands on his feet in the field of play, this player must now get back into the end zone on his own and we would not give him forward progress, because it is very hard to sell a TD to anyone when the ball carrier is standing on the one or two yard line and is not in the end zone.

The end zone is a little different when dealing with progress and these two mechanics will help you be more consistent and they are both simple to work. Contact sends player to the ground TD, contact and player stays on his feet make him get back into the EZ.


do you agree the latter half is not a touchdown?