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Originally Posted by letemplay
Would it be written that way to show a difference in a situation where B1 inbounds a very short pass to B2, who realizes that B1 never got oob and tries to get him to retreat and do it again. If the ball was never taken oob, I have seen officials let them "get it right". But in the case of immediately advancing the ball: violation.
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The official needs to judge whether the first "pass" was an attempt to inbound the ball (violation, no matter that the second player realizes the problem), or merely letting the other player inbound the ball.
I agree that in the play you describe, the benefit of the doubt can go to the latter (i.e., legal play).