#kneegate

[Aquapod770]

Simple physics shows just how bad of a call that "fumble" was.

For projectiles:

S = Vit + 1/2at^2

S is displacement, Vi is initial velocity, t is time, a is gravity.

Watching the play again you can see there is a decent amount of time the knee is down before the ball appears (and moving at a relatively fast velocity). If the velocity is high that means time is low to cover the distance it did in the video. I'd love to know what fps they were showing the slow-mo in just so I could actually calculate an estimate to when the ball comes loose.