Uhhmmm....

[drothamel]

ljudge,

This should be good, because I don't know squat about football. In basketball, we try to avoid the inad. whistle at all costs. The only option we get is to say, "my bad," and then put the ball back in play at the point of interruption. You guys also get to get together and pick up flags, that makes us jealous. If, in this play, the official had done it inadvertently, the basket would not have counted, they would have inbounded at the nearest spot, and everyone would have went nuts. That is why we try to avoid the inadvertent whistle.