Game ball gets away

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by bainsey

"That's not the game ball!" a few fans cry. A fan goes to get the game ball, and confused on what to do with it. I'm sitting behind the table, so I ask for the ball, and give it to the scorekeeper. At the next opportune moment, the timekeeper hits the horn, and the game ball gets back into the game. (Insert easy substitution jokes here.)

The substitution was legal, as the game ball had remained out of the game till after the clock had legally run.