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Originally posted by blindzebra
There is no difference between the play in this thread and the case play, A1 and B1 committed fouls against each other during a live ball.
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Actually, there are quite a few differences. First, in the original play, the contacts did not occur simultaneously. One contact was before the release, and one was after. Second, the case book play has two officials with two different calls. The double foul is the "compromise" call. In the original play, one official called, and called a double foul.
The original call must be a judgment by the calling official, as to whether it was a double, or a false double. Personally, I'd have called it a false double, since the release happened inbetween the two contacts. Also, calling it a false double makes enforcement a lot easier.
If it's really (or judged) a true double foul, the basket doesn't count if it goes, and the ref has to determine whether it happened before or after release. If before release, A gets the ball for the throw-in. If after, go to the arrow. That feels unwieldy to me, and very hard to explain, in this situation.
My vote it for false double foul. A1 shoots two with the lane cleared, B1 gets the ball oob regardless of the success of the ft's.