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Originally Posted by rockyroad
Simultaneous would be the meeting of BEFORE and AFTER at the same time and place...I think you're making this way more difficult than it really is...
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No...Before and After have very clear meanings.
Let's say that the very instant that the ball was touched in the backcourt was with 4:23.000 on the clock. Simultanous is anything that happens exactly at 4:23.000. Before that would be 4:22.999. If the ball gains backcourt status at 4:23.000, the player would have had to touch it no later than 4:22.999 for it to be a violation. But then, it would have gained backcourt status at 4:22.999 and the player would have had to touch it at 4:22.998....
So, the player can never touch it before it goes into the backcourt at the same time as it gains backcourt status.
It is physically impossible in this universe to, at the same time, touch the ball before you touch the ball.