PC foul?

Not at all related to your OP, but sure, that would be the lone exception (except for events that occur before the release for which the whistle occurs after the release).

And in all of these, the whistle is not what makes the ball dead. So, in the OP, what do you do?

NFHS Rule 5-8-1

Time-out occurs and the clock, if running, shall be stopped when an official:

Signals:
a. A foul.
b. A held ball.
c. A violation.
d. A time-out.


NFHS Officials' Manual

2.4.4 Time-outs:
B. Reporting procedures:
1. Sound the whistle while giving the clock-stopping signal

We're supposed to do both - blow our whistle and signal - when granting a time out. The whistle, according to rule 6-7-5, causes the ball to become dead other than in the exceptions laid out in Rule 6-7. One of those exceptions is when a try is in flight.

So is the whistle the only thing that causes the ball to become dead when a timeout is granted? Not according to most people. Airborne player requests a timeout, then lands out of bounds before the whistle. Do you grant the timeout or is it an OOB violation?

IMO, a valid TO request makes the ball dead as soon as it's recognized as valid. If the whistle doesn't come until after the request would otherwise be invalid (try in flight, or a turnover, or the new offense gets the ball at their disposal for the throw in), we make it retroactive. If the whistle comes after a violation (airborne player or 5/10 second count) we make it retroactive. Yet we never go back and fix the clock, so yes, it's a bit inconsistent.

Your OP isn't that difficult, though, as the rule is pretty clear that the ball doesn't become on any whistle for action that occurs during a try for goal.

Or 3 violations: free throw, swinging elbows, and running OOB. Of course, only one of those is a realistic scenario.

I do....grant the timeout. He said it in time, I heard him say it in time, he gets it.

In the normal situation, the whistle and the beginning of the timeout are treated as happening simultaneously even if in practice, they're just a bit a part.

I agree this is the logical way to do it. The only way it would seem wrong is if the shot is an airball which lands right in the lap of the defense, and the AP favors the offense. I have no problem with things that seem wrong, there are others, but it's nice when these things are documented.

Besides, look at it this way: Even if it wasn't specifically covered in the rule book we have NFHS Rule 2-3 (The referee shall make decisions on any points not specifically covered in the rules).

If we had to invoke that in the OP, are we really going to disallow a FG on a try released prior to a whistle we shouldn't have blown in the first place?