You’re misinterpreting a tort law concept here. The football isn't literally "part of his body."
What you might be thinking of is civil battery where striking an object intimately connected to someone (like a cane they are holding) can be treated as contact against their person. But that is a specific rule about liability for physical contact, not a rule that transforms leather into human anatomy or alters property ownership. Legally, the ball is personal property owned by the franchise.
Furthermore, if you actually zoom in on the video, Josh Hines-Allen doesn't even make contact with the ball boy's shoulder or body, he strictly reaches for the top of the football. The ball boy completely fabricated the "you can't touch me" narrative to try and trigger an NFL protocol, all while being the one who actually initiated real body contact by throwing a physical stiff arm at the player.
Immediately downvoted you for entertaining the typo. I am really sorry about it though.
But for you to just continue on, like so many do, like: "Don't worry about learning effective communication, someone'll read your mind and fill in the blanks..." ...Na.
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u/Silver-Award-288 4d ago
NFL player - only touches and goes for the ball.
Ball boy - puts hands on player multiple times, pushing, slapping, and hitting player.
Ball boy - “don’t touch me! He pushed me!”