Sportsmanship

Being a part of an educational institution, the Campus Recreation Office works hard to encourage and reinforce basic standards of sportsmanship, cooperation, and respect for others. Clearly, sporting contests are important, but the importance should not be so overriding that players lose sight of appropriate behavior.

The playing field is not a venue for physical or verbal abuse for the players, officials, or spectators. In order to encourage proper conduct before, during and after a scheduled contest officials, supervisors, and administrative personnel, will make decisions on whether to warn, penalize or eject players, teams and / or fans for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Participants, coaches, and spectators that chose to participate in unsportsmanlike conduct directed towards an opponent, staff personnel, or official, may be ejected from that contest or future contests.

Officials or staff personnel of the Campus Recreation Office may administer the ejection. An ejection may occur before, during or after a game.

Examples of unsportsmanlike behavior include, but are not limited to: excessive swearing, two technical fouls, flagrant actions towards an opponent, staff personnel, or officials, trash talking, inciting a fight, or fighting.

Any individual ejected from a contest, as a result of unsportsmanlike conduct automatically suspends them from all competition until reinstated.

To be reinstated, the participant must schedule a meeting with the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs before their next scheduled game.

Failure to make arrangements for a meeting will result in the participant forfeiting his / her rights to compete in any further contests.

Sportsmanship Rating System

This scale is intended to eliminate unsportsmanlike conduct by both individuals and teams.

After every game, teams will be rated by the supervisor in charge according to sportsmanship displayed. Ratings will be posted outside the Campus Recreation Office the following morning. The following system will be used.

A: 10 points will be awarded to a team which demonstrates extremely good sportsmanship and maintains an attitude of complete cooperation.

B: 8 points will be awarded to a team if there is no incidence of poor sportsmanship beyond reason.

C: 6 points will be awarded to a team when unsportsmanlike conduct is not present in a game except for minor infractions. A team will receive this score or lower, depending on the sport for:

A technical foul in basketball
An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in football
A verbal warning issued in Softball, Volleyball, or Soccer

D: 2 points will be awarded to a team:

When a player or coach is ejected for abusive remarks, (ejection carries a 2 game suspension and a meeting with the Coordinator)
If players persist in questioning the officials, or if any player repeatedly argues with an official
If spectators, clearly associated with the team fail to cooperate with the official

E: 0 points will be awarded to a team:

If a player or coach is ejected for any physical, or attempted physical action taken towards an opponent, official or staff.
If a player is so antagonistic to an official or staff that the game cannot be played with proper order and control
If a player disregards a warning of unnecessary roughness

A team may receive an "E" without a player being ejected. Depending upon the circumstances of each incident, this sheet may be amended by the Campus Recreation Coordinator.

General Season Requirements: Teams are required to maintain at least 4.5 average throughout the season and a rating of 7.0 is required to win a division or be eligible for playoffs

Requirements for Playoffs: If a team has two players ejected during the playoffs, either one game or over the period of playoff games, the team is disqualified from further play.

Any coach or player that leaves the sideline / bench during a contest to engage in an altercation will be suspended for the remainder of the season. Spectators who enter the playing field will be banned from future activities and other action may be taken against the team. Leaving the bench area will also result in a team forfeit and disqualification from the tournament. Anyone involved in fighting will be directed to the Student Affairs office for further university disciplinary actions.

Suspensions will not begin until the player in question has met with the Coordinator or the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs. If the person in question fails to arrange a meeting, they will then forfeit their reinstatement and will be suspended for one academic year.

Each activity will have rules and regulations specific to that sport. It is strongly recommended that an activity sheet be picked up from the Campus Recreation Office prior to the beginning of the season.

IGNORANCE OF THE RULES IS NEVER AN EXCUSE!

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