inadvertent whistle? pt. 2

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Originally Posted by btaylor64

it just irritates me that there are some insanely ridiculous non common sense rules out there.

There may be some rules like that, but IMHO, this is not one of them. The definition is very clear on how team control ends. I don't think that the definition is even close to insane or ridiculous. It might not be 100% in line with what non-referees think it is, but oh well. If you have team control, you continue to have it until you release a try or the other team gains control.

That makes MUCH more sense to me than saying, for example, that there is team control during a throw-in, even though there was never any player control involved.