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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
It's obvious in this case why the player threw the ball to the official. To get a new 5 second count, and eat more time off the clock, thus allowing the the other team less opportunity to get the ball back and score. How do you not see this as an advantage; it's clearly an advantage not intended by the rules.
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In this situation, simply blow the whistle, stop the clock, recover the ball, and reset the throwin.
That will negate the advantage the player was attempting to gain by wasting time.