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I think Self indicated that he asked RefMag for an opinion on this issue. I found this in my archives (I knew it was there, just took awhile to find the right spot).
From the "Ask Us" column, December 1999 (I won't quote the situation -- it's the same as we've been discussing):
Ruling: Yes, that is a dificult situation in youth ball, as well as in most any high school or college game. There really isn't any specific rule coverage for that dilemna. An official has several options based on good judgment more than anything else.
IT can be ruled a delay of game technical foul for preventing the ball to be put in play promptly (most severe); a throw-in violation could be ruled for being inbounds before releasing the throw-in (somewhat more reasonable), or whistling the ball dead immediately and awarding the ball back to team A for a throw-in (probably the most prudent, especially in youth ball). It's not often you get these options, but any of these will work. (Fed 10-1-5b, 9-2-2; NCAA 10-2a;9-4b)
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