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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
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.
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Camron, I agree with you. Plus the actual text of the rule says that he has to be the last to touch the ball "in the frontcourt", not when the ball has frontcourt status. To me that means the player or his teammate would have to be "in the frontcourt" or the player has to have frontcourt status.
In this case the player has backcourt status.