Sometimes it just makes you chuckle . . .

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Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You can't use 2-3 because this situation is addressed by the rules. If you catch it, drop it where you stand.

You could blow your whistle, go with the IW, and give the ball to the team who had control. In the OP, I might do that if all 10 players are just staring, but dropping the ball and stepping away would most likely get them to start playing again.

Why do that? What if you were standing just along the end line or the side line and it is obvious the ball was going to go out before anyone could grab it?

I had a ball thrown in my direction last weekend (might have mentioned this already) where I tried to duck. Player standing a few feet away from me (I didn't know he was there at the moment) came running in my direction (I don't think he knew I was there either) and ended up running into me. Hit my head hard with his arm, kneed me in the lower left back (that still hurts a little today when I'm running), and I ended up falling down on my bad knee. Player must have went down too or something because when I looked back the ball just rolled out of bounds with no one chasing it.