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Originally Posted by BillyMac
9.2.1 SITUATION B: A1, out of bounds for a designated spot throw-in: (a)
muffs the pass from the official and it rolls forward; or (b) after receiving the ball
from the official, fumbles the ball and leaves the designated spot to retrieve the
fumble. RULING: In (a), the official should sound the whistle to prevent any violations
and then start the throw-in procedure again. No throw-in violation should
be called in this situation. In (b), a throw-in violation shall be called on A1 for
leaving the designated spot.
Nice citation, but this play doesn't tell us what to do if he doesn't leave the designated spot?
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Continue doing what you were doing, which was counting to 5.
Obviously, by stating that we call a violation for A1 leaving the spot, there is a time between the fumble and violation that we are not supposed to anything but continue counting.
A lot better question to advance the conversation would be, "can Team A call a time-out after the fumble?"