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(11-15-2016, 10:17 AM)bengalguy71 Wrote: Stupidest rule in football. A runner can reach in with football in hand, break the plane get ball slapped away or lose control and it's still a TD. 

However a receiver can catch a ball, grab ball with one hand break the plane get it slapped away or lose control and it's incomplete.

Both are breaking plane with ball in hand!

STUPID AND CONTRADICTORY!

Not really. It's all about being established as a runner. 

A running back already is, so breaking the plane is a TD.

A receiver, after catching the ball has to transition from being a receiver to a runner. Once he's established as a runner, the goal line then comes into play.