Bounce pass to self

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Howard just called me. On the phone. He said, "It's not a violation until the player touches it again." If the player starts to push the ball to the floor, I asked, but then realizes that it's a mistake, and doesn't touch it again, "It's not a violation."

Now, y'all can keep arguing, but that's what Howard says. I'm doing it his way. YMMV.

You've answered my earlier question about which, in your opinion, carries more weight--Howard or the NFHS book.

And what, pray tell, did Howard say about that little case play which directly contradicts what he is saying? "...when he/she pushed the ball to the floor a violation occurred."
Which case play? The one that appears on page 25 of the CURRENT NFHS case book (4.15.4 Sit A). You did have the courage to point this out to him, right?

Did he say, "I'm right, and that case book play is wrong." Perhaps he responded, "Oh, well then I guess that you have to call it by the book." Then again maybe he didn't say anything about it at all because you didn't ask him.