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Sounds like a good call to me. Hope you sold it.
Several years ago the held ball rule changed and removed any reference to amount of time the ball needed to be held. This got rid of the players violently struggling to free up the ball before the allotted time elapsed and a jump ball was called. Now the rule says "A held ball occurs when opponents have their hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness."
Girls games seem to be a little quicker on the inflationary end so I call a held ball sooner. Boys I tend to let tug just a little bit - their games are more physical and yet more controlled. I tend to let them show me that they really do have an advantage before I go to the arrow (or call a foul on a reaching player).
In either case, I expect all tugging to immediately stop once a whistle is blown.
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