Since the ”rule”, rerack if you make a ball on the break is a made up rule made for the pros, the rule for a scratch can be made up before you start the game. You can play since he made a ball rerack, or you can play, it’s a scratch and you owe one.
Owing a ball when the rule is rerack is as stupid as the rerack rule itself. It’s a contradiction in the make a ball on the rack rule. Either you make a ball and rerack or don’t play it. You can’t have contradicting rules for the same shot.
I never willing play rerack because I play old school one pocket. If I’m gambling and someone wants to play rerack, they need to find someone else. The rules don’t change for me because some pros are unhappy with their opponents breaking and running out. What should we change next, the changing of rotating breaks? Should we play, winner breaks because it’s played that way in other games? You can rationalize rules any way you want but one pocket rules were written in stone by the almighty gee hod.