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You read too much into the rule. In the scenario you posted there has not been a second shot awarded.
In fact 8.6.1 is a situation about providing erroneous information. The second shot was not awarded. It would be a correctable error in the situation if the officials would have tracked down the ball, handed it to the player and had him shoot a second that he was not entitled to.
All the cases about correctable errors are in Rule 2 interps.
The sceario you list and the one listed in 8.6.1 is not a POI. The editors probably should have said mistake instead of error but the scenario you describe has a specific casebook wording and interpretation because it happened. Prior to this situation, the team who picked up the ball would have received it whether anybody made a rebounding attempt. The situation you write about has happened and they did not one team to have an advantage because another was lulled into not playing because of an officials mistake of providing bad information. Once again This is not an unmerited FT.
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