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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.During the game yesterday, on one play an official had to duck so as to not be hit by a Tom Brady pass. It got me thinking: if a ball deflects off an official, is it still a live ball? I can't remember if I've ever seen that happen.
Article 3: Ball Touches Official. The ball is not dead because it touches an official who is inbounds, or
because of a signal by an official other than a whistle.
The down is repeated (Roetheisberger did the same thing on a 4th and 9 vs Washington, and Romo hit a official as well). I seem to remember Brady throwing a mid-range, across-the-middle pass that struck an official in the head. Welker was involved in on that play I think.
I think you are wrong.
I think Cantabrigian's extracts are more valid and parallel with the short-hand rule I had previously heard: that 'the officials are considered part of the playing-field'.
The only exception to them being part of field is they dont cause an airborne pass to be a dead-ball (if they are standing inbounds) - it has to actually hit the turf.
It is on the players to avoid them and therefore you dont see a play re-run when one of the refs accidently "picks" a WR or a DB. The other team just gained a 12th player for one play is all (sorry, chum). So why would they re-run a play if a pass hit a ref?
I seem to recall (years back) one or two of TB's passes tipping off a ref and still making it to the wr (who might have either caught or dropped - can't recall). I do not recall any "RE-Do"s in those instances.
Yes, my original post was wrong. I edited my original post after I went to look at that Roethlisberger pass replay and noticed that there was a loss of down, then I looked the rule up.