Simultaneous common & intentional fouls

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Cadet

Is it a dead ball foul if the whistle hasn't blown yet?

There are plenty of dead balls throughout a game without a whistle at all. In some games, it may be the majority of dead balls.

Most of the rest occur demonstrably before any whistle that acknowledges them (fouls, violations, held balls).

Only a select few times does the whistle actually make the ball dead. Mainly inadvertent whistles.