Originally posted by The Nuul
Generally speaking I'd say Flash just has to run the distance from his starting point to the location of the thrower give or take a few micrometers since there's no way a football can ever reach speeds where it could give the Flash a serious challenge.
At a strong enough throw the football will break escape velocity and head into space... Remembering the curvature of the earth either the ball breaks escape velocity or if it is just short then the ball will eventually fall back down to earth... I forget the exact math... Of course if the ball falls into orbit around earth flash is also screwed.... And if captain america can nail planes a mile up with a twenty lb shield im gonna say comic book physics says spiderman level and up can make a football go orbital
Flash is playing the role of a wide receiver here obviously...
Unless of course you believe they are treating flash as a running back and passin off the ball....
And yes while flash is fast enough to get to the quarterbacks hands and grab the ball
Midair inches away if even that fron a quarterback once he has released it... I think the intent is on some sort of hail mary play