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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
I think what you're getting at is the situation where the incident of holding began before the ball was thrown but continues once the ball is thrown. On the principle or "why let them benefit by making the violation worse", I'd call both illegal use of hands and PI, allowing the choice of penalties. Depending on which code the game is played under, either penalty might be more advantageous to the nonoffending side.
However, I would not call PI unless the receiver appeared to have some awareness of the ball as it came. Otherwise a potential passer could turn a holding call into PI just by throwing the ball toward a receiver whose back was turned and who was being held.
Robert
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That's an interesting take. I am thinking it almost sounds indecisive.
So what if one of my crew members came to me and said, "I have an illegal use of hands and a PI." And, I would ask for the number of each. And, he would say the same number. Oh! Yeah, so how is that. He says, "he was holding him, then, the ball was thrown to him and he continued to hold him." Hmmm.
Why not just penalized the PI, after all, if faced with the choice any player or coach would choose the PI, why confuse everyone with the choice?