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Originally Posted by Mark Dexter
Zak (and others):
If we have the exception (that you claim), then why do both the rulebook and the casebook state that the ball needs to be in the air before time expires?
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Two reasons. First, because the case play is a hold-over from previous years; when lag time was a factor.
Second, because time may expire on this play if the whistle comes after the horn. There is no provision for putting time back on the clock between a foul/violation and the official's delayed whistle.