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Originally Posted by donkhater
No. Because he is OoB when he touches the ball. If he goes out of bounds THEN re-establishes himself inbounds and touches the ball first it is illegal touching of the ball.
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The moment before the catch, both Hester and the ball are inbounds.
The moment he catches the ball, both Hester and the ball are still inbounds, and neither have established any contact with OoB yet.
But yet, he's still considered OoB when neither Hester nor the ball had yet touched OoB.
That really seems contradictory. How can the kicking team be assessed a penalty when the flight of the ball is affected by the opposing team?
What if it would have been the same exact situation, but Hester muffed the catch and the ball lands inbounds and stays inbounds? How could they possibly justify that? Would Hester still have been considered OoB?
The point is that the player(Hester) affected the outcome of a rule that shouldn't have had anything to do with the guy catching the ball. If the player touches the ball before going OoB, logic would dictate that there couldn't be a penalty on the kicking team because the ball has already been affected by the opposing team.