Throw-in violation - Official's mistake

[bucky]

Originally Posted by gogumakilla

Hi everyone, new here. Been reading this forum a lot and finally decide to post. Great stuff, especially while I'm at work . Here's my scenario:

A1 gets an OOB spot throw-in along the end line. Timeout is called and after the timeout, A1 becomes the thrower. The official mistakenly tells the thrower he can run the baseline. The thrower does run the baseline. The partner official (unaware that his partner said he can run) blows his whistle and signals for the violation.

What do you do?

Yes, as others have said, the damage is done. As a side note, there are ways to prevent this: Before the TO is reported to the table, the administering official should communicate visually/orally to his partners (at least closest one) whose ball it will be, where the throw-in will take place, and what type of throw-in it will be. Before the ball is given to the inbounder, the administering official should signal what type of throw-in it is. At that point, if a partner disagrees, they can sound their whistle and get confirmation.