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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
FREE-THROWER LOSES BALL
9.1.1 SITUATION: A1, at the free throw line to attempt a free throw (a) muffs the pass from the official and it rolls forward; or (b) accidentally drops the ball before the throwing motion is started. RULING: In (a) and (b) the official should sound the whistle to prevent any violations and then start the free throw procedure again.
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I git it, now. It's a rule requiring the prevention of a violation, as opposed to a rule penalizing a violation.
If we employ the accepted slow whistle, the rule goes away and the violation goes with it. It becomes omniabsent.