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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 5214258, member: 966"] But, he was behind the receiver. Even in making a play on the ball, you’re not permitted to go through the other player. The ‘tangled feet exception’ is meant for incidental/accidental contact as two players are moving through unoccupied position. I dunno—it’s all so ambiguous. I’ve never heard that rule actually explained, only applied. There’s already so much hand fighting allowed when the ball is in the air, you could call interference on either player on almost every pass. It’s ludicrous that refs have to decide what contact is meaningful or not. I liked it better in olden times when defenders couldn’t touch and receivers couldn’t push off. [/QUOTE]