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Originally Posted by billyu2
As well, since the violation causes the ball to become dead immediately, why would an official chop to start the clock when the ball just became dead? The “hand up” is also used to prevent the timer from starting the clock. So in this situation the violation occurs, the official keeps the hand up to prevent the starting of the clock, whistles and communicates the violation.
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You are assuming the administering official is the same as the one calling the violation. That may or may not be the case.