principle of verticality

[Rich P]

I was listening to SkydCast #2, and it brought to mind an incident
from an old game that I always wondered about:

Throw goes up to an offensive player in the endzone. That player's
defender is face guarding him. The defender hears the UP call, and
jumps with his hands straight above his head, still facing the back of
the endzone.

The offensive player jumps simultaneously, reaches between his arms,
and snags the disc - this looked completely awesome, by the way. While
airborne, he pulls the frisbee toward his body, the disc hits the
defender on the head. The player on offense retains control of the
disc and we think we've made a goal.

Defender calls foul, principle of verticality, saying that his
airspace was blocked by the offense's arm. Offense says the defender
had no play on the disc, and the play was over once he'd made the
catch.

Thanks,
Rich

[Jon Bauman]

Assuming it wasn't dangerous, and that the catch was made prior to the contact, it sounds like no foul. The contact did not prevent the defender from making a play on the disc.

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