2016 NCAA Rule Change: OBS - "About to Receive" vs. "In the act of Catching"

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Originally Posted by Jake26

Having been taught the same, I find this equivalent to the ASA and NFHS "possession" wording since the ball is virtually always traveling faster than the runner. (Yes, there might be a rare exception where the (bad) throw is a high, soft underhand lob - a squeeze play comes to mind.) But someone may educate me that, "No, they are not equivalent because ... ."

They are not equivalent in the instances where the throw beats the runner, but the throw is not caught and immediately possessed.