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Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077
The thing about offside or not offside with receivers is the only people who can see it are the refs right on the line. Impossible to judge from TV when you can't see the line and ball move from a straight line.
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This is a helpful and interesting article.
http://www.cfl.ca/2011/08/08/ask-the...higgins_85827/
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A. This is one of the least understood elements of the game. We tell officials to not call a receiver offside if the “the ball is in motion” as he hits the line of scrimmage. In other words, the ball doesn’t have to be in the hands of the quarterback, or almost to the quarterback. It just has to be moving.
If the centre has started the snapping motion, the receiver is not off side. We put this standard in on the advice of our league’s coaches and out of a desire to promote exciting, offensive football. We review these calls often in our office, using super slow motion and high definition, and what looks like offside to the human eye can be well within our rules.
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