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Originally Posted by just another ref
Nothing. Nothing you can do. This is totally unbelievable and totally unrealistic.
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I'm not convinced of that.
While I've never had that happen in basketball, I've had that happen once or twice in soccer when I was working solo and didn't have the best angle, and I had no problem telling the player, "if you want to give up the throw-in, go right ahead."
Granted, soccer officiating empasizes judgment more than the black-and-white world of basketball, but consider this: If you decline someone forfeiting the throw-in, all they would do is stand out of bounds and take the five-second count, anyway. While we can't set aside free throws that are ordered, I don't believe this applies to throw-ins. (If someone has documentation that states otherwise, please post.)
As for JRut's question, I say you handle it like any other objection: state what actually happened, and let's play.