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Originally Posted by rockyroad
And those two things happen simultaneously in this scenario...the ball still has FC status until it touches something in the BC. So by player A running back there and catching it, thay ARE the last to touch a ball with FC status AND the first to touch the ball in the BC - all at the same time...as Scrappy-doo pointed out, it's the same as catching a deflected pass while standing oob...
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But simultaneous is not good enough to be a violation...
They must be the last to touch it BEFORE it gains BC status.
They must also be the first to touch it AFTER it gains backcourt status.
The BEFORE requirement is where this fails. Simultaneous doesn't equal before.