A violation that is not called is not a violation.
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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
Can you provide a rules reference?
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2.7.2 The officials shall conduct the game in accordance with the rules. This includes: Determining when the ball becomes dead.
Notice this is written in present tense. Therefore, I further conclude that there is no provision for looking back and saying that, at a certain point, the ball
became dead.
Picture this: During a loose ball, there is a pile of bodies, both officials hear a loud smack, but neither can see what happened. A1 comes out of the pile with the ball, but loses it out of bounds. He then turns to the official, and displays a hand print on his arm. He points at B1, "That guy fouled me!"
B1 confesses. "Yes, I did. Sorry about that." Now everybody knows about it. There is even still visual evidence of it. BUT IT'S TOO LATE TO CALL IT.