Forward Pass Legal/Illegal

Quarterback A1 runs wide and while near the neutral zone, decides to throw a forward pass.  As A1 releases the ball: (a) his foremost foot is touching the ground in the neutral zone, or (b) his foremost foot is breaking the plane of B's side of the neutral zone.





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Ruling: In (a), it is a legal forward pass. In (b), it is an illegal forward pass because the location of the passer's foremost foot was beyond the neutral zone(7.5.1)Casebook