Inadvertent whistle? NCAA tourney- Indiana v Kentucky

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

If an officials inadvertently blows his whistle then the crew needs to stop the game and restart it at the POI.

We have the occasional IW in football. In the heat of the moment, the person that blows it sometimes "hopes that nobody hears it" which just compounds the problem.

I've had a couple in my career. It's important to own it, accept some kvetching about it, then move on.....by rule.