Why....Point of Clarity

[romegajacket]

If a ball carrier gets close enough to the endzone so as to be able just to wave the ball across the goal line, he gets a TD. If a pass receiver jumps high and catches a ball cleanly and firmly in the endzone but a defender then wrestles it away before the receiver can reach the ground, then why is it also not a TD?

This happened in one of the bowl games, not sure which one now, but the receiver made a great and clean catch. The defender came up and slugged the ball away from the receiver before the receiver could get on the ground, hence incomplete pass and no TD.

If a defender were in the endzone and slapped the ball out of the carriers hand as the carrier waved it across the inside of the endzone flag, even though the ball carrier was not in the endzone, wouldn't it still be called a TD or would it not be a TD?

 

[BuzzCzar]

because the runner is down or has possesion of the ball (with the ball across the line) while the receiver is not down nor has possession of the ball (with the ball across the line) until he lands. that is what a catch is

it is actually pretty simple as rules go

 

[ncjacket]

Like BuzzCzar says, the ball carrier has possession and pushes the ball across the goal line. The receiver does not have possession until he lands with control of the ball.

 

[romegajacket]

Like BuzzCzar says, the ball carrier has possession and pushes the ball across the goal line. The receiver does not have possession until he lands with control of the ball.

OK, thanks.