[Political Junkie Too]

I tend to agree.

How come, if the runner dives into the corner of the end zone and reaches with the ball to get it inside the pylon while the player himself never lands in the end zone, it's a TD?

But if the receiver is also inside the end zone and leaps up to catch the ball, and does catch it inside the plane of the endzone but lands outside the plane, it's not a TD?

-PJ

[Tanniker Smith]

The runner is already in possession of the ball. As long as he has possession, it's a TD once the ball crosses the line. (Note: the player's head can cross the plane and the ball can be ruled down at the 1 yd line if it doesn't cross before the player is tackled.)

A legal catch requires a landing with both feet in-bounds. Technically, the ball "broke the plane" in midair before it got anywhere near the receiver.

[discostu]

If they have possession of the ball with the ball in the end zone it’s a touchdown, if they don’t get possession until the ball is out of the end zone it’s not. Really quite simple actually.