The use of towels to dry the ball for for a long throw has annoyed the hell out of me for a long time even when we did it, but tonight it was taken to a new level. The ball goes out, and one team gets the chance to throw it back in. So just throw it back in, even if it's a bit wet. We pay to watch 90 minutes of football, not 88 minutes of football and 2 minutes of watching a player dry the bloody ball with a towel.