Here is a hot-link to the citation (refer to response #4) - HIT THIS LINK.
Here is the interesting and directly-applicable language to the OP's question in a post made on 3/5/2012:
Interesting, this poster nailed the EXACT SITUATION last Sunday to a tee - Hagerty just plain ignored the rulebook for the given situation and allowed Heil to continue wrestling from his butt (AND THEN BACK IN THIS SITUATION) despite JG meeting every criteria for a TD in the situation.....and the referee having every reason in the book to call Heil's crotch-lock "negated" (especially given that Jimmy had turned the crotch-lock against Heil by hooking Heil's leg with the same leg that Heil was locked through and Heil pulling on it only made the "Stack" tighter and Heil flatter on his back).
A clarification should be issued that JG met all the criteria for a TD and should have been awarded 2 points and a NF Count (4 points) even if Hagerty never saw a full "one count" for the pin -- IOW, an acknowlegement should be made that rules were misinterpreted in that match and that NO WRESTLER should be encouraged to maintain a crotch-lock while sitting on their butt, let alone while being pinned to the mat with an offensive move by the other wrestler, as a useful "defense" to a TD AFTER the other wrestler has met ALL THE CRITERIA for a TD in that situation as defined in the Rulebook and Interpretations for that situation.
Here is the interesting and directly-applicable language to the OP's question in a post made on 3/5/2012:
But I see your point, if criteria was met out of bounds, then criteria would have been met inbounds as well, and reaction time is not that long.
....it clearly states in the rulebook a crotch lift does not prevent a takedown, nor does a body lock or nearly anything else that involves the defensive wrestler sitting on his butt. So actually the calls out-of-bounds are probably more correct than the ones in-bounds because the refs are allowing too much time for defenders to fight off their butts.
Interesting, this poster nailed the EXACT SITUATION last Sunday to a tee - Hagerty just plain ignored the rulebook for the given situation and allowed Heil to continue wrestling from his butt (AND THEN BACK IN THIS SITUATION) despite JG meeting every criteria for a TD in the situation.....and the referee having every reason in the book to call Heil's crotch-lock "negated" (especially given that Jimmy had turned the crotch-lock against Heil by hooking Heil's leg with the same leg that Heil was locked through and Heil pulling on it only made the "Stack" tighter and Heil flatter on his back).
A clarification should be issued that JG met all the criteria for a TD and should have been awarded 2 points and a NF Count (4 points) even if Hagerty never saw a full "one count" for the pin -- IOW, an acknowlegement should be made that rules were misinterpreted in that match and that NO WRESTLER should be encouraged to maintain a crotch-lock while sitting on their butt, let alone while being pinned to the mat with an offensive move by the other wrestler, as a useful "defense" to a TD AFTER the other wrestler has met ALL THE CRITERIA for a TD in that situation as defined in the Rulebook and Interpretations for that situation.
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