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Originally posted by Mike O
Had a situation a couple of days ago involving a coach telling my partner and I that the 5 second throw in count continues until the ball is legally touched by a player.
The situation involved A1 rolling the ball to A2 on an OOB throw in so that the clock would not start. The coach insited tat the count continued and went kinda crazy when I did not call it. Of course I know the count ceases when the ball is released and enters the court.
I have called with other officials who count until the ball is touched.
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The rule, at least in college, used to be that the count continued.
Since many get their "rules knowledge" from watching TV, I'd suspect that's the source of the problem.