Catching a disc near the sidelines

[nobdyhere]

I've been struggling with this one trying to wrap my head around it.

If a person begins the catch with a foot inbounds and bobbles its momentarily, but by the time the person gains control is straddling the line. Would you consider him OB or IN?

[GwaiLo]

OB

[tugbo]

Gwailo is right. Out of bounds. The relevant rule is IX.C.

IX.C

A player contacting the out-of-bounds area is out-of-bounds. A player who is not out-of-bounds is in-bounds. An airborne player retains in-bounds or out-of-bounds status until that player contacts the playing field or the out-of-bounds area.

The following exceptions apply:

IX.C.1. If momentum carries a player out-of-bounds after landing in-bounds with possession of an in-bounds disc, the player is considered in-bounds. For this exception to apply, that player's first point of ground contact with any area must be completely in-bounds. ...

IX.C.2, IX.C.3 not relevant to the discussion

Exception IX.C.1 does not apply because possession was not gained prior to going out of bounds.

The definition of possession II.O:
Possession of the disc: Sustained contact with, and control of, a non-spinning disc.