Dead ball contact: T or not?

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Originally Posted by BayStateRef

Now what? The foul was not intentional in the rules sense....but the official did not ignore it...because he did not know the ball was not live. Do we say "inadvertent whistle" and administer the throw-in again? Or must it be a technical foul for dead ball contact?

That sounds like a HTBT situation, mens wreck too...
I dont really see going with an IW here, though.
It was obviously enough contact to warrant a whistle, so it would be tough to go back & say there was no foul.
The status of the ball was what it was, adjudicate properly.