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Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP
Totally get that reference, and have a similar case play in another book, but again - and this is likely my being overly cerebral about it - but that doesn't necessarily provide a reference of rule or reference by direct follow-up statement in the case play that allows for a direct contradiction of the rule that states the ball does not become dead when an opponent commits a foul after the try has begun. Does what I'm trying to describe make sense? In other words, that case play says "the official should do this," but it doesn't then explain how that's okay or the proper thing to do by rule. One could interpret that case play last sentence to mean that "the official should wait to blow the whistle to assess the foul because the official needs to have game awareness of what's going on because the whistle could disrupt the shooter's concentration on the try."
In other words, the case play says that "this is the way the call should be made," but not that "by rule the whistle for a technical foul against an opponent causes the ball to become dead on a try that's begun."
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A T is treated the same as any other foul in terms of when the ball becomes dead / continutation, etc.
The case play is saying to wait because if A hasn't started the try, B could get an advantage (the "sure thing breakaway" would be lost).
but, if your real question is "am I overthinking this?" then the answer is "yes."
