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Dean Blandino admits there will always be ‘subjectivity’ to the NFL catch rule

NFL fans have long lamented the league’s inability to consistently determine what does and doesn’t constitute a catch.

Every week it seems there is new evidence that the league doesn’t know what a catch is, and now the NFL’s V.P. of Officiating, Dean Blandino, has admitted there never will be a definitive answer to the question “what is a catch?”

“There’s always going to be that subjectivity to it,” Blandino said in his weekly officiating video (h/t Pro Football Talk). “The rule, the way it’s written, is clear, but we are going to have subjective judgments and debates on how long is long enough, was he going to the ground, was he a runner, and that’s just part of the deal.