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Originally posted by Brian Watson
Another thing to consider is, where was the ball and the play? If there was no chance that your whistle would have influenced the play, then your R1 was right not to change the outcome.
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Technically, no. If a fault has not occurred prior to the whistle, then the ball becomes dead the instant the whistle sounds and anything which happens thereafter is irrelevant.
Even if the ball is gonna clearly end up in the bleachers, so long as it hasn't yet broken the plane of the unplayable area, the whistle makes the ball dead and no fault occurs. ['Course, if it has broken the plane before the whistle, THAT makes the ball dead and it's the whistle which becomes irrelevant.]
Generally speaking, it's dangerous to start trying to make predictions about what might have happened had there not been an inadvertant whistle. Call a replay and if the coach gripes, apologize for the whistle and explain, "those are the rules". The other approach can get you into much more trouble and likely get you a protest.
-Homer-