3 Seconds question

[Adam]

I've made this call, but I'm hardly a vet, and it was a slightly different scenario. A1 drove in and picked up his dribble just below the FT line at about a 2 count. As he was gathering it, he fumbled it and it pin balled in the lane for a couple of seconds before I called it.

By rule, the right call; although I still wonder whether it was the "right" call.

[Adam]

As for the coach, I'd just tell him that the rules back up the official here. Team control in the FC is all that's required for a violation here, and that continues until something happens to end it.

[tjchamp]

Team control is lost in one of three ways:
a. The ball is in flight during a try or tap for goal.
b. An opponent secures control.
c. The ball becomes dead.

So, technically his team still had control since none of these situations must not have occurred.

That said, I would have held my count.