Player Error or Referee Error???

[Hawks Coach]

don't have the rulebook here again, but the rules have changed on violations. Used to be that if A violated by stepping into the lane then B violated by doing the same, it was a double violation. Now it is only a violation if they happen simultaneously. Result is the same.

That said, the casebook and what you can do in a game situation are two different things. Ball is in flight and you see the violation, your whistle can come after the ball has come off the rim and you are not in violation of the casebook, which refers to when you see the violation, not when your whistle sounds. By holding your whistle to see if the ball goes in, you avoid punishing something tha the rules try their best to avoid having you call in the first place. this is a technical violation of what the casebook says, but it really makes the most sense. Why punish a violation that has no impact on the game?