NCAA Video 7, Play 3
This may just be an editorial issue, but Redding's ruling in Play 3 is not supported by the rule language. Redding claims the ball should be placed where the ball was muffed, but there are two problems with this ruling. Firstly, this was clearly an invalid signal (which is another conversation - when was the last time you saw a VALID signal?), and the rule language associated with an invalid signal (6-5-3) states that the ball is dead where caught or recovered. It makes no mention of the ball belonging to B where the ball was first touched following a muff.
Even if we really stretch reality and declare this was a valid signal, the rule language associated with a valid signal (6-5-1-b) states that if another B player CATCHES the ball following a muff, it is placed where the ball was muffed. It doesn't refer to a recovery. So, by 6-5-2, the ball belongs to B at the spot of the recovery.
None of the AR's fit this video example, so they are of no help.
If they want the ball to belong to B at the spot of the muff, they need to change the rule language.
(Really unrelated, but 6-5-1-e refers to 7-1-3 as an exception. What?)
Robert
