Question regarding Bowers' out of bounds spot. Can an official help explain the call?

Ok so the rule is, until some part of his body touches out of bounds he isn’t out. Also he can’t be down either, eg knee down etc. In this instance he was suspended in air by his hand.

Brock extended the ball while maintaining his body in bounds. Until his leg or hand hit he was technically still in.

I’m not sure what you mean by goal line, when the ball breaks the goal line it’s a TD.

Thanks!

I still don't get it man, and I'm too hungover to research it.

A lot of people in the other post are saying the out of bounds line in the field of play is NOT a plane like it is in the end zone or in soccer. That's basically what it comes down to. Because in the end zone it's like soccer and it's where the ball goes out of bounds (as long as no part of the ballcarrier's body is out of bounds).

Could be. There's not a football season that goes by ever when I don't learn some obscure rule I never knew.

The player can run down the sideline with the ball out of bounds in one hand, as long as none of his body is out of bounds

1st I don’t make the rules. 2nd the player is still in bounds until he steps out of bounds so in your scenario he is still in bounds until he touches out so it’s still a legal hit. 3rd. That will never happen.

ARTICLE 4. OUT-OF-BOUNDS SPOT

Item 1. Loose Ball. If a Loose Ball touches anything on or outside a boundary line, the Out-of-Bounds Spot is the forward point of the ball when the ball crosses the sideline.

Item 2. Runner Out of Bounds. If the ball is in player possession when that player goes out of bounds, the out-of-bounds spot is the forward point of the ball when the ball crosses the side line, or, if the ball does not cross the sideline, the forward point of the ball at the instant the player is out of bounds.

Item 3. Runner Inbounds. If the ball, while in possession of a player who is inbounds, is declared out of bounds because of touching anything that is out of bounds, the out-of-bounds spot is the yard line through the forward point of the ball at the instant of such touching.

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Item 2. Runner Out of Bounds. If the ball is in player possession when that player goes out of bounds, the out-of-bounds spot is the forward point of the ball when the ball crosses the side line, or, if the ball does not cross the sideline, the forward point of the ball at the instant the player is out of bounds.

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That reads like it was short to me?

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I’m not sure what you mean by goal line, when the ball breaks the goal line it’s a TD.

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Not if the ball is out of bounds (i.e. outside of the pylon). The same rule applies on a punt that goes out of bounds. It is spotted where the ball crosses the line. I'm not saying it wasn't the correct call but it's a stretch to definitively say there was ireefutible evidence to overturn the call without an overhead view. IMO.

Imagine standing on the sideline and toes facing the bench.

Imagine holding a football and arms stretched over the line.

Imagine slide stepping all the way down the sideline without your feet ever going on or over the white line. That player and ball (even though the ball is over the line) is live and in-bounds until a portion of the players body or the ball touches out of bounds.

Anybody that can’t understand this basic concept is probably very low IQ

Why in the world would you ask an incompetent, dishonest and cheating football official a question about the rules? Don't you know that they are expected to assure that (insert you're most-hated team here) wins each of their games? They make up the rules as needed.