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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
That's not an accidental whistle, it's a premature whistle.
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Technically, they're the same thing...at the moment of the whistle there had been no infraction.
By your implication, he situation in the OP would also be a premature whistle since the offensive team had no way to retrieve the ball without violating.
If someone is going to make any claim that the rules must be followed and an inadvertent whistle be claimed in the OP, then they must also do the same thing when any whistle is blown before the infraction actually occurs. To do otherwise is simply inconsistent....even hipocrasy.