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Bludevil, can you give us a more detailed timeline of what occured? Was there obviously two whistles? Where did the play happen? I ask this because I'm trying to visualize a situation where I would blow a second whistle without having the first. Were the whistles close enough that the common fan would have thought there was only one whistle?
If there were two distinct whistles, my opinion is we cannot ignore this and there would be 3 free throws if the shot was good and 4 free throws if the shot was missed. The ball would be taken out of bounds by the shooting team in either situation. I don't think penalizing the two fouls, if they were two distinct fouls as far as time goes, would make one a "rulebook" official. Ignoring this situation and taking the easy way out could cause more problems than handling it by the book. We have to remember that these are three different players (two that fouled and one that was fouled), two different coaches and the possibility of multiple parents/fans. If contact is ignored this can cause the game to go down the tubes and never be recovered. A contact foul like this, depending on the actual timeline and severity of the contact, cannot be treated the same as a player carrying the ball in the backcourt with no pressure or advantage.
This is my opinion and I can see the opinions of others but unless we deem this contact as incidental then I wouldn't be comfortable taking the easy way out. We can always explain contact that was called to a coach, partner, parent, player or assigner but with video and all the other technology how can we explain contact that is ignored when it isn't incidental? Just my opinion.
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