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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
By rule, you cannot call this delay on the team about to inbound the ball. You should start your 5 second count because that player had the opportunity to take the ball OOB. However, you can call a T for preventing the ball from being put promptly into play, if you want. There is no legal warning that can be a part of this call, however. (NF rules)
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I disagree with the "by rule" portion. Nothing in 4-46 or 10-1-5d says "by the team that just scored."
I do agree that it would be a rare call, and was probably properly handled in the original situation.