Rules Question

[Chap_24]

I know this is not a new rule but I just have never really thought about it until last week and would like some answers. How can a touchdown be the correct call when a player is falling out of bounds but touches the football to the pylon? The pylon is placed on the out of bounds line, which would mean it is officially out of bounds since the inside edge of the line is the boundary. I just don't understand why they made the rule this way. If a player touched the ball on the one inch line on the sideline, then the clock would stop and it would be a dead ball. So why does the pylon change that when it is on the same boundary line? Not trying to change to rule, just curious.

 

[SixManPhotoGuy]

The line that is the goal line is said to go on out of bounds forever! The Pylon is placed on this line. As far as out of bounds a player is only out of bounds if said player touches the ground out of bounds. So if the football is able to touch the pylon before the player touches the ground out of bounds it is a touchdown! Hope this helps.

 

[Chap_24]

But if a player dives out of bounds and reaches the ball across this goal line boundary outside of the pylon without touching the ground, it would not be called a TD.

 

[SixManPhotoGuy]

Yes that is right! Ball or player must touch the Pylon for it to be called a TD!