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Old Sun Mar 11, 2007, 10:19pm
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
1) Billy, if you look at the video, the L didn't put his whistle into his mouth until after the FT shooter had the ball. The other officials obviously didn't blow their whistles before the FT shooter either, or they couldn't have called the violation. Your reasoning is correct, but obviously(at least to me) there was no whistle before the FT shooter got the ball.
I'd go so fars as to say that the official needed to recognize the situation before the shooter had the ball. Perhaps his whistle wasn't in his mouth.

If not, I can agree with the violation.
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