Jump Ball to start the Game
 

I was watching a 7th grade game yesterday and during the start of the game the Jump ball was caught by two other players and they had those players jump the ball to start the game. I have looked in the case book and can not find anything. I would just restart the game with the original 2 people at the circle. Any comments or case book number.

Deer In The Headlights ...
 

If the tossed ball was legally tapped and two opponent nonjumpers simultaneously grab the tapped ball, then these two opponents, even if they're both point guards, get to be in one of the few jump balls in their basketball careers.

Any rule or case number

NCAA has done away with this as of this year. In this situation, any two jumpers get to rejump. Here's the new text in the rule book:

Rule 6-2:
Art. 3. After an initial jump ball or a jump ball for the start of an extra period(s) when possession is not gained by either team, which would establish the alternating possession procedure, a jump ball shall take place between any two players.

Here's the Federation rule:

6-4-3 Note:

If the alternating-possession procedure has not been established, the jump ball shall be between the two players involved in the center restraining circle.

The Call Was Correct
 

In the Fed it's Case Play 6.4.1.C. - If controlled simultaneously, the ball is jumped by the two players in simultaneous possession at the center circle, regardless of where the held ball occurred.

6-4-3 Note If the alternating-possession procedure has not been established, the jump ball shall be between the two players involved in the restraining circle.

Think of it this way. The AP has not been established. You have a held ball between two players. Why would you allow two different players to jump?

This happened to me last year for the very first time, and I had the two original jumpers jump again. I wasn't sure if that was right, so I looked it up after the game and saw the correct ruling.

What would you know it happens this past Monday again in a JH girls game. The two girls involved in the held ball looked at me like I had three eyes when I told them they would be the ones jumping this time.

For those of us "of a certain age" who grew up jumping every held ball, it makes perfect sense.