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Years ago, the argument went round and round on which of three options was best.
1. Immediate violation.
2. Start/continue the 5 second count and call the violation when you get to 5.
3. Blow the whistle and tell them to bring it in right.
3 is really only an option for the games where the players still look up to their parents.
1 and 2 created a pretty good debate here until the NFHS issued the case play and settled the debate. The idea is to kill the play early; otherwise you risk having to call a foul or a travel or something while they're bringing the ball up.
Plus, once you start the count, the player holding the ball is a thrower and there's a strong case that any contact with him should be an intentional foul.
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