Required Tag-up for Out-of-bounds Play

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally posted by mcrowder
On the college fields I've been on, "On top" of the tarp would not be considered out of play unless a ball became lodged behind it.

By my reading of NCAA Rule 2-25, that is a book rule dead ball, one which cannot be superceded by ground rules. If a fielder cannot make a live catch with foot on the tarp, the only logical result of putting a foot on the tarp after catching the ball is a "catch and carry" dead ball.