(Question From a Fan) IW & Replay

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Fan10

If there is a fumble and on the play the official mistakenly rules him down (thus blowing a whistle), the call can be overturned to a fumble on replay if there is an immediate recovery. However, any return is nullified.

Seriously? A recovery that's known to have occurred after the whistle can be honored? That's got to suck as far as administration of the game goes.

Or are you saying that it counts only if the recovery occurred before or simultaneously with the whistle? That the official thought the ball was dead, and whistled for that reason, but the possession of the ball was determined independently of what he thought? I don't see why you'd need any ruling for that. That's just the regular rule on an IW that occurs after a change of possession.