6. Q. What happens when a (a) player, (b) coach, (c) 10. Q: A soccer coach, player, bench personnel or team MHSAA REGULATION INTERPRETATIONS spectator is ejected for taunting? attendant receives a yellow/red (second yellow) General... A. According to MHSAA Handbook Regulation V card from the game officials. In addition to being Regulation V, Section 3(D) interpretations in (a) and (b) the person is disqual- ejected from the game and vicinity of the game as 1. Q. 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 (and the next day of competition). In (c), specta- include ineligibility for the next day of competi- sports: 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 be ejected at MHSAA tourna- A: Yes, the penalty for ejection from the game grant or unsportsmanlike conduct, that student shall be Must the coach or player also sit out the continua- ments). Officials will always depend on game includes ineligibility for the next day of competi- withheld by his/her school for the remainder of that day tion of the "penalty" game at a later date? management to ad min 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- even though it may be at the urging of the officials. school and to the MHSAA when a yellow/red card tion for that team. ty" game is played, the penalty requirements are 7. Q. If an official or school representative has knowl- is displayed. 2. When a coach is disqualified during a contest for satisfied. In any situation, all playing rules regard- edge of a next day of competition disqualification, unsportsmanlike conduct, that coach shall be prohibited Coaches... ing conduct will apply. which was not enforced by a member school, what by his/her school from coaching for the remainder of 2. Q. action can be taken? that day of competition and from coaching at or attend- Can a scrimmage satisfy the next day of competi- 11. Q. If a coach is disqualified for unsportsmanlike con- ing at least the next day of competition for that coach’s tion disqualification requirement? A. The MHSAA encourages the official or school duct two or more times in a sport during that sport team. (Ice Hockey, See Question 9) A. No. administrator to contact the school for which there season, what action must his/her school take to com- 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- ply with MHSAA Regulations? 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 A. For the team/athlete to be eligible to enter or con- MHSAA tournament for that sport, or from the remain- that action later during or after the contest? appropriate. tinue in the MHSAA tournament in a sport, the 8. Q. der of the current tournament if the disqualification A. Any change in disqualification rulings must occur What is the responsibility of an official to re port member school must prohibit the coach from 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 being present on the property of the tournament regular season day of competition. which is generally before play resumes following coach or player? venue for the remainder of the tournament series. 4. Disqualifications from one season carry over to the next the ejection. A. Officials are required to file the “Officials Re port” 12. Q. If a player or coach is ejected for hitting, slapping, season in that sport for undergraduates and coaches, or 4. Q. form with the school and the MHSAA (within 48 kicking, pushing or intentionally and aggressively 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. physically contacting an official, what action do 5. If the playing rules for a sport specify an additional However, these efforts by officials do not substitute MHSAA Regulations require the school to take? imposing the next day of competition disqualifica- SCHOOL’S RESPONSIBILITY penalty or more rapid progression, or use of such a pro- tion penalty on a day on which an important for the to be A. In addition to the next day of competition disqual- 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 ification penalty, to be eligible to enter or continue 6. Any coach who is disqualified for unsportsmanlike con- uled? disqualification. in the MHSAA tournament in a sport a member duct two or more times during a season, any player who 9. Q. A. Although such scheduling of convenience is not In MHSAA hockey games, is there a separate game school must prohibit the player or coach from is disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct three or suspension penalty for game disqualifications? being present on the property of the tournament more times during a season, and any coach or player expressly prohibited, it is not “within the spirit” of A. Yes. In MHSAA hockey, the first DQ for a coach venue for the remainder of the tournament series. who is ejected for spitting at, hitting, slapping, kicking, the regulation or the interpretation of the regula- or player results in a two game suspension, the sec- 13. Q. If a coach or athlete is ejected from the first game pushing or intentionally and aggressively physically tion or the tenets of fair play promoted by ond DQ of the season results in a four game sus- of a scheduled baseball or softball doubleheader contacting an official at any time during that season, is MHSAA member schools. pension, and a third DQ results in suspension for and then sits out the second game, is that person not eligible to participate in the MHSAA tournament for 5. Q. How do ejections get reported in sports where offi- the remainder of the season for that player or coach eligible to coach or participate for the team in its that sport that season. If the tournament disqualifying cials are not used (i.e. golf, tennis)? (Also see No. 11 for coaches ejected twice in a sea- next day of competition? ejection for that individual occurs during the MHSAA A. The host school or MHSAA Tournament Manager son). A game misconduct penalty does not carry tournament, that player or coach is ineligible for the A. No. The coach or athlete is also disqualified from must contact the school whose player/coach is the same penalty if it is not accompanied by a game remainder of that tournament. the next day of competition. ejected and notify the MHSAA in writing. The DQ penalty. school in violation must comply with the DQ rule. 14. Q. When is the next game suspension for the varsity 20. Q. When an athlete is ejected or disqualified from a score, but he/she will not re ceive points or awards coach who is ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct contest, where is he/she expected to be for the in the event where disqualification occurred if while sitting with the junior var sity team during a duration of the contest? results have not yet been determined (e.g., in ten- contest in the same sport? A. Players can remain in the team area as long as their nis, after match disqualification). A. The coach may not attend other competition that presence does not interfere with the contest in any 25. Q. A baseball/softball player is restricted to the follows on the same day, and also may not attend way. Never should an athlete be sent away from dugout for deliberate removal of a helmet after the next day of competition for the varsity team. the site without adult supervision. Coaches are the team warning was issued earlier. Is he/she dis- 15. Q. When is the suspension for the junior varsity responsible for the care and safety of students and qualified from the next day of competition? should not be placed in a position which does not coach who is ejected for un sports manlike conduct A. No. Such a violation is not considered unsports- Next Day of Competition & allow them to provide reasonable care and super- while sitting with the var sity team during a contest manlike by definition in NF playing rules with vision. in the same sport? restriction to the dugout being the penalty. Contest Ejection Protocol 21. Q. A. The coach may not attend other competition that If a player is disqualified from a contest for some- Therefore the action is not unsportsmanlike. follows on the same day and also may not attend thing other than what the rules for that sport define However, if the athlete exhibits unsportsmanlike the next day of competition for the junior varsity as unsportsmanlike conduct, does the next game behavior in addition to removing the helmet, the team.