The endzone pylon: ? For refs

[mount lefroy]

Why is it placed OUT of bounds as opposed to IN if by touching it means you scored? My only rational is:

1. They don’t want it to interefere with the footfall of a receiver.

2. They are claiming that the DIRECTION it falls indicates whether the ball breaks the plane.

But

That just isn’t true. Considering the pylon is completely out of bounds, The foot can strike it on the inside with the ball completely outside above it AND the pylon can be forced outward without the ball hitting the inside of the pylon. Neither of these has the ball breaking the plane, but are 100% called touchdowns.

Mystifies me.

 

[Allday.sixpack]

The ball has to break the plane ofndzone to hit the inside edge (edzone side) of pylon.

 

[mount lefroy]

The ball has to break the plane ofndzone to hit the inside edge (edzone side) of pylon.

The pylon can be pushed outward from behind without hitting the inside(endzone) line of the pylon.

AJ Brown just did it.

A qb can move his feet inside the pylon and hold the ball outside of the pylon.

Both are called td’s incorrectly imo