[dabigv13]

A strict reading of the NCAA rulebook would seem to indicate that play would be a TD, though I sincerely doubt it would be called like that nowadays. Perhaps the NFL rulebook is more extensive and we just assume that is what applies, but I don't see anything in this rulebook about the so called "football move" that needs to be made prior to a catch being caught. There is also no clear delineation of a few of the gray areas we've seen over the past few months- what if a receiver catches the ball and his toe hits inbounds, but then his heel hits (ruled not a catch in the A&M -Bama game)? And why should that be different than a toe-drag?

What about the Ertz catch, where he possessed the ball, came down in the endzone, but then the ball shifted in his hands after he was out of bounds, though never touched the ground? (I suspect it would be not a catch in the NFL).

http://www.ncaapublications.com/productd...s/FR12.pdf

[dabigv13]

A strict reading of the NCAA rulebook would seem to indicate that play would be a TD, though I sincerely doubt it would be called like that nowadays. Perhaps the NFL rulebook is more extensive and we just assume that is what applies, but I don't see anything in this rulebook about the so called "football move" that needs to be made prior to a catch being caught. There is also no clear delineation of a few of the gray areas we've seen over the past few months- what if a receiver catches the ball and his toe hits inbounds, but then his heel hits (ruled not a catch in the A&M -Bama game)? And why should that be different than a toe-drag?

What about the Ertz catch, where he possessed the ball, came down in the endzone, but then the ball shifted in his hands after he was out of bounds, though never touched the ground? (I suspect it would be not a catch in the NFL).

http://www.ncaapublications.com/productd...s/FR12.pdf