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Originally posted by Rev.Ref63
This happened in a first round sub-state game. The lead official gives a very short blast on his whistle. It was obvious to me that it was inadvertent. IMO he anticipated a foul that did not occur. 'A' team scored the basket, B1 gets the ball to toss it to the lead official who just shakes his head "no" and points to put the ball into play.
Does an inadvertent whistle merit a dead ball situation? Or since team 'B' was taking the ball out of bounds anyway, was this a correct call?
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i think you have options here. if the players did not react to the whistle and continued playing without hesitation you could probly get away with ignoring it. but if players react to the whistle then the officials need to bite the bullet and reset the play.
this is similar to the table inadvertently sounding the horn. if the players stop(especially visiting team and highscool players) and pass the ball to the official or travel or something else then it would be
best for the game to reset even though they are supposed to play through it. if the horn did not effect anyone then ignore it. in a college game i would try to read the situation and do what is best for the game.