Mistaken clock not starting error

Robmoz · #24 (**permalink**) Tue Apr 26, 2005, 09:45am

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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

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Originally posted by blindzebra

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Originally posted by Camron Rust

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Originally posted by bob jenkins
By rule, it's an inadvertant whistle with no team control -- go to the arrow.

Are you sure about that??

My thought is that it is the rule to give it back to A.

A is originally due a throwin for some reason...an infraction. A gets the throwin due to the infraction unless another infraction occurs to supercede it.

Rule 6-3-3e: The ball becomes dead when neither team is in control and no goal or infraction or end of a quarter or extra period is involved.

If the whistle is blown before the throwin has been completed, an infraction is involved....the original infraction. A is still due a throwin for that infraction.

CB 7.5.4, R 4-12-6.

Agree. CB 7.5.4(c) to be a l'il more explicit.

How about CB 7.5.4(d) to be a l'il more explicit.....

"..even though, by rule, there is no team control during this dead-ball period, the ball would be given to (the thrower-in team)...The thrower-in team would have clearly received the ball had the official not accidentally sounded his/her whistle."

I think this can be applied to this situation, it sounds like a common sense judgement/correction (as illustrated by MTD's example of A1 still holding the ball OOB when the whistle sounds.)