I love the breakdown... Dr. J maybe on the hang time.....Michael Jordan didn't have 4 to 5 second hang time, dude. Come on.
The ground can't cause a fumble because the player has established possession of the ball. You have to complete a catch to establish possession. And the goal line makes no difference. Image a ball hitting a player in the hands, beyond the goal line and then falling immediately to the ground, with no additional attempt to secure it. That's not a catch and it would be completely obvious to you it was no catch. It's the same thing. The ball being merely between one's mitts doesn't render it a catch. Nor does it render it a catch in the endzone.
Oh, there have certainly been bad calls. Even on replay. This one, however, wasn't one.
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