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Originally Posted by BillyMac
If the lead official noticed the player moving out of a marked lane space after the ball was thrown by the official, but before it was caught by the shooter, I think he should have blown his whistle and gotten everything settled down before proceeding. It's all about preventative officiating.
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Soooooo......how do you explain that to the
opposing coach? You know, the guy that was 15 feet out on the court, going nuts? How exactly are you going to tell him that, yes, the other team committed a violation, but you're going to ignore that violation even though you have
NO rules backing to do so? How do you explain that to a league commissioner, assignor or evaluator too?
Here's where your logic goes astray. As soon as the ball was caught by the FT thrower, a violation occurred. As an official, you
can try to prevent a violation from occurring. You can't
prevent a violation that has
already occurred however. That's impossible.