The philosophy of the college official is to NOT call out of bounds or to encourage wrestling all of the time. The rule is that the outside of the out of bounds line extends to the ceiling so even if your foot is in the air, so if your foot is not touching the mat but is inside the "cylinder" you are IN BOUNDS. However, if a wrestler touches outside of the square action is stopped. Avoiding wrestling is now automatically called stalling too. I like this as an official will call stalling more readily than "fleeing" which is an automatic point. All of the college rules seem to be more objective. The problem is...Do High Schools have the mat size and gym size to support college out of bounds?


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