quote:Originally posted by Michael S. Taylor:
Delayed dead ball is an actual Fed term. I know OBR doesn't use it but it is what happens. I realize what you are saying but in most plays the ball is live with a possibility of something causing the ball to be killed. On an obstruction or CI, it is a certainty that the ball is going to be killed at the end of the play. It's a matter of semantics.
On BI the ball is only going to be killed if the runner was not retired. If the putout is made, the ball remains live. So how is that "delayed dead"?
There is no such thing as a delayed deadball.
True, FED has such a phrase, but it reality, it does not exist. The ball is live or it is dead, and it's status may change for many reasons, but nonetheless, it is live or dead at any one time.
If, after a CI or obstruction situation, the you were discussing the play with a coach and he asked, "What was the status the ball?" would you really say, "Uh, it was delayed dead."?
Of course not. It was live. Then it was dead.