MHSAA REGULATION INTERPRETATIONS 6. Q. What happens when a (a) player, (b) coach,10. (c) Q: A soccer coach, player, bench personnel or team General... spectator is ejected for taunting? attendant receives a yellow/red (second yellow) Regulation V, Section 3(D) A. According to MHSAA Handbook Regulation V card from the game officials. In addition to being 1. Q. interpretations in (a) and (b) the person is disqual- ejected from the game and vicinity of the game as A coach or player is disqualified for unsportsman- ified from the remainder of this day of competition required, does the penalty for the yellow/red card The following policies for disqualification shall apply in all like conduct, and when serving the next day of include ineligibility for the next day of competi- sports: (and the next day of competition). In (c), specta- competition, the "penalty" game is suspended and tors who taunt others may be ejected by event tion. 1. When a student is disqualified during a contest for fla- scheduled to be completed on a subsequent day. security (must A: grant or unsportsmanlike conduct, that student shall be Must the coach or player also sit out the continua- be ejected at MHSAA tourna- Yes, the penalty for ejection from the game withheld by his/her school for the remainder of that day tion of the "penalty" game at a later date? ments). Officials will always depend on game includes ineligibility for the next day of competi- management to admin ister spectator discipline tion. Officials must file a report to the effected of competition and for at least the next day of competi- A. No. Even if only a portion of the next day "penal- tion for that team. even though it may be at the urging of the officials. school and to the MHSAA when a yellow/red card ty" game is played, the penalty requirements are 7. Q. is displayed. 2. When a coach is disqualified during a contest for satisfied. In any situation, all playing rules regard- If an official or school representative has knowl- unsportsmanlike conduct, that coach shall be prohibited ing conduct will apply. edge of a next day of competition disqualification, Coaches... by his/her school from coaching for the remainder of 2. Q. which was not enforced by a member school, what Can a scrimmage satisfy the next day of competi- action can be taken? that day of competition and from coaching at or attend- tion disqualification requirement? ing at least the next day of competition for that coach’s A. 11. Q. If a coach is disqualified for unsportsmanlike con- A. The MHSAA encourages the official or school team. (Ice Hockey, See Question 9) No. administrator to contact the school for which there duct two or more times in a sport during that sport 3. Failure of the school for any reason to enforce this reg- 3. Q. After once disqualifying an athlete or a coach dur- is concern to advise the administration of the con- season, what action must his/her school take to com- ulation will prohibit the school from entry in the next ing a day of competition, can an official reverse cern. A follow-up call to the MHSAA is also ply with MHSAA Regulations? MHSAA tournament for that sport, or from the remain- that action later during or after the contest? appropriate. A. For the team/athlete to be eligible to enter or con- der of the current tournament if the disqualification A. Any change in disqualification rulings must occur 8. Q. What is the responsibility of an official to re port tinue in the MHSAA tournament in a sport, the occurs during an MHSAA tournament or during the last within the time frame allowed by the sport rules, the next day of competition disqualification of a member school must prohibit the coach from regular season day of competition. which is generally before play resumes following coach or player? being present on the property of the tournament 4. Disqualifications from one season carry over to the next the ejection. A. Officials are required to file the “Officials Re port” venue for the remainder of the tournament series. season in that sport for undergraduates and coaches, or 4. Q. form with the school and the MHSAA (within 48 12. Q. If a player or coach is ejected for hitting, slapping, the next season in any sport for seniors. Can a school, within the limits of competition, amend the published schedule of a team to avoid hours) and to call schools before noon the next day. kicking, pushing or intentionally and aggressively 5. If the playing rules for a sport specify an additional imposing the next day of competition disqualifica- However, these efforts by officials do not substitute physically contacting an official, what action do penalty or more rapid progression, or use of such a pro- tion penalty on a day on which an important for the SCHOOL’S RESPONSIBILITY to be MHSAA Regulations require the school to take? gression for other violations, the playing rules apply. league contest or an MHSAA tournament is sched- aware of and en force the next day of competition A. In addition to the next day of competition disqual- 6. Any coach who is disqualified for unsportsmanlike con- uled? disqualification. ification penalty, to be eligible to enter or continue duct two or more times during a season, any player who A. Although such scheduling of convenience is not 9. Q. In MHSAA hockey games, is there a separate game in the MHSAA tournament in a sport a member is disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct three or expressly prohibited, it is not “within the spirit” of suspension penalty for game disqualifications? school must prohibit the player or coach from more times during a season, and any coach or player the regulation or the interpretation of the regula- being present on the property of the tournament who is ejected for spitting at, hitting, slapping, kicking, A. Yes. In MHSAA hockey, the first DQ for a coach tion or the tenets of fair play promoted by or player results in a two game suspension, the sec- venue for the remainder of the tournament series. pushing or intentionally and aggressively physically MHSAA member schools. 13. Q. contacting an official at any time during that season, is ond DQ of the season results in a four game sus- If a coach or athlete is ejected from the first game not eligible to participate in the MHSAA tournament for 5. Q. How do ejections get reported in sports where offi- pension, and a third DQ results in suspension for of a scheduled baseball or softball doubleheader that sport that season. If the tournament disqualifying cials are not used (i.e. golf, tennis)? the remainder of the season for that player or coach and then sits out the second game, is that person ejection for that individual occurs during the MHSAA A. (Also see No. 11 for coaches ejected twice in a sea- eligible to coach or participate for the team in its The host school or MHSAA Tournament Manager misconduct next day of competition? tournament, that player or coach is ineligible for the must contact the school whose player/coach is son). A game penalty does not carry remainder of that tournament. ejected and notify the MHSAA in writing. The the same penalty if it is not accompanied by a game A. No. The coach or athlete is also disqualified from school in violation must comply with the DQ rule. DQ penalty. the next day of competition. 14. Q. When is the next game suspension for the varsity score, but he/she will not re ceive points or awards coach who is ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct in the event where disqualification occurred if while sitting with the junior var sity team during a results have not yet been determined (e.g., in ten- contest in the same sport? nis, after match disqualification). A. The coach may not attend other competition that 25. Q. 20. Q. A baseball/softball player is restricted to the follows on the same day, and also may not attend When an athlete is ejected or disqualified from a dugout for deliberate removal of a helmet after the next day of competition for the varsity team. contest, where is he/she expected to be for the the team warning was issued earlier. Is he/she dis- duration of the contest? 15. Q. When is the suspension for the junior varsity qualified from the next day of competition? A. coach who is ejected for unsports manlike conduct Players can remain in the team area as long as their A. No. Such a violation is not considered unsports- while sitting with the var sity team during a contest presence does not interfere with the contest in any manlike by definition in NF playing rules with Next Day of Competition & in the same sport? way. Never should an athlete be sent away from restriction to the dugout being the penalty. A. the site without adult supervision. Coaches are Therefore the action is not unsportsmanlike. The coach may not attend other competition that responsible for the care and safety of students and Contest Ejection Protocol follows on the same day and also may not attend However, if the athlete exhibits unsportsmanlike should not be placed in a position which does not behavior in addition to removing the helmet, the the next day of competition for the junior varsity allow them to provide reasonable care and super- team. violation may be unsportsmanlike and the next vision. day of competition disqualification may apply. 16. Q. When is the next game suspension for un sports- 21. Q. both If a player is disqualified from a contest for some- NOTE: Student athletes who aggressively con- manlike conduct for the person who serves as thing other than what the rules for that sport define front an official are subject to penalty (SEE NO. junior varsity and varsity coach in a sport? as unsportsmanlike conduct, does the next game 12 FOR SPECIFICS). A. The coach of both levels who is ejected from one disqualification apply? (also see No. 20) 26. Q. If a disqualified student is sitting out a contest day of competition may not attend other competi- A. Yes. Part (5) of Regulation V, Section 3(D) states which begins and later is suspended or canceled tion that day and also may not attend the next day that if the playing rules for a sport specify disqual- due to inclement weather, does this contest count of competition for either team. Guide ification for other violations, the playing rules as the date in which the student is withheld? Guide 17. Q. and If a coach who is a parent of a team member is apply the next day of disqualification is A. Yes, if the contest actually began then it is con- ejected from a contest or day of competition, is required. For example, some rules codes may sidered the next day of competition. that coach allowed to attend the event as a parent? require disqualification for fighting, foul language 27. Q. A. or flagrant fouls, without ever specifically calling Can the restricted player referred to in question 25 Coaches who are also parents of team members participate in the makeup contest? are afforded no special consideration under such acts “unsportsmanlike.” Nevertheless, the Regulation V, Section 3(D). They may not coach next day of competition disqualification must fol- A. Yes. or attend the next day of competition. low. 28. Q. Is a red card offense in soccer, including taunting, 22. Q. event 18. Q. When a coach is ejected or disqualified from a If a student is (a) disqualified from a track , a next day of competition disqualification? contest, where is he/she expected to be for the (b) ejected after a warning for wearing jewelry, is A. Yes, they are ineligible for the next day of com- duration of the contest? that student disqualified from the next day of com- petition. petition? A. For those sports conducted indoors, the locker 29. Q. When serving the penalty for disqualification on A. If a student is (a) only disqualified from an event room is appropriate. When the sport is conducted meet the next day of competition, may the student be in outdoors, the options vary. Cer tainly the locker (and not disqualified from the for un sports - uniform in the team area? manlike conduct), or ejected after a required warn- room is appropriate, but it may be that a coach not A. This is a local school decision, but it is not rec- would be directed by the official to go to a team ing for a playing rule violation, the student is disqualified from the next day of competition. In ommended a disqualified student be in uniform. bus or somewhere out of sight and out of hearing In wrestling, the disqualified wrestler may not range. An ejected coach may not be allowed to (b) the act is insubordination, thus unsportsman- become a spectator. like, resulting in disqualification for the next day weigh in. of competition. For Principals, Printed January 2008 23. Q. A student who was disqualified for unsportsman- like conduct in the last game of that student’s Athletic Directors, eleventh grade season transfers to another school for his/her senior year. Is that student disqualified Coaches and Student-Athletes... from his/her first day of competition in that sport at the new school? Officials Disqualification A. Disqualification 19. Q. If a player is disqualified for unsportsmanlike con- Yes. It shall be the responsibility of the sending duct three or more times in a sport during the sport school to inform the receiving school of the cur- rent disqualification. season, what action is required by MHSAA ® Michigan High School Regulations? 24. Q. If an athlete in an individual sport (e.g., tennis) is Athletic Association A. To be eligible to enter or continue in the MHSAA removed during a match for unsportsmanlike con- tournament series in a sport, a member school duct, are the points he/she earned during the meet 1661 Ramblewood Drive must prohibit the player from being present on the removed from the team score? East Lansing, MI 48823-7392 property of the tournament venue for the remain- A. No. Unless the rule book for the sport prescribes 517/332-5046 der of the tournament series. specific scoring procedures, all points earned by the athlete previously will remain part of the team www.mhsaa.com