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Originally posted by rainmaker:
When you say,"It's correctable until the ball is touched in-bounds" does that apply to other types of mistakes as well, say putting the ball into play at the wrong spot, or suddenly realizing that this player has five fouls or something else? I hope the answer is yes! I have "fixed" (thanks Camron for this helpful word suggestion!) errors after handing the ball but-before-it-was-inbounds several times in my short career, but I always felt guilty thinking I shouldn't.
Is the rule, then, that no ref mistakes are fixable after the next touch in-bounds, except for the Correctable Errors as in 2-10?
There is not really a direct rule that covers this. It can be deduced from the rules that should have applied to begin with. If you happen to blow the whistle before the ball inbounds, you have a dead ball. If team A was due an AP throwin, they are still due that throw-in until it has ended by being completed. By blowing the whistle while B has the ball on the throw-in, it is still the same AP opportunity and A should get the ball. If the ball is touched inbounds and you then blow the whistle, you have a team with control of the ball.
You could apply 6-3-3e if you wish for the jump ball case but I think the reality is that the situation is more broad than just the jump ball case.