Rulings

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by oldsetter

Or to rephrase it: The inadvertent whistle did not cause the serve to become a fault. Loss of rally.

My bad... in re-reading sit #2 it is apparently saying that the R2 realized after they whistled for illegal alignment and the coach questioned the call, that team R wasn't actually out of alignment.

In this case, the proper ruling is replay. Per 9-3-3-k the ball becomes dead when a referee's whistle sounds. anything that happens after the ball is dead, i.e. the serve fails to legally cross the net as in the example, is irrelevant.

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by TimTaylor

In this case, the proper ruling is replay. Per 9-3-3-k the ball becomes dead when a referee's whistle sounds. anything that happens after the ball is dead, i.e. the serve fails to legally cross the net as in the example, is irrelevant.

No. Inadvertent whistle. Did not affect the serve going into the net. Therefore, we proceed as if there was no whistle. Service fault, point to the receiving team. NOT a replay!

[chapmaja]

Correct answer. #2 is a loss of rally from the serve into the net. The whistle for an illegal alignment was an inadvertent whistle, HOWEVER it never impact the result of the play.