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Sportsmanship Policy

Game officials will evaluate the performance of each team concerning their sportsmanship after each contest. The point values, ratings and criteria for each category are as follows:

Points RATING CRITERIA

  5   Excellent
This rating will be given to a team which demonstrates extremely good sportsmanship toward both the other team and the officials. This rating should only be given when there is an attitude of complete cooperation by all team members throughout the entire game. Respect and encouragement for the officials and opponents must also be shown.

  4  Good 
This rating should be given when only minor infractions of sportsmanship occur, but the game progresses without undue problems. There should be no, ejections, yellow cards, or technical fouls given or blatant displays of bad attitudes shown. The captain must be in control of his/her team throughout the game.

  3  Fair 
This rating should be given when a team still shows cooperation with officials and opponents, however some complaints and grumblings take place. There should still be no blatant displays of bad attitude and the captain should be in control of his/her team. A maximum of one technical foul, one red card or ejection, and/or one or two yellow cards can be given.

  2  Poor 
This rating should be given when a team fails to show a spirit of cooperation with the officials or opponents. They may continuously complain and/or argue to officials about calls and interpretations, they may demonstrate a bad attitude on the part of one or more players on more than one occasion, or they may play unnecessarily rough, causing potential safety hazards. The captain is not in strong control of his/her team's players and the team may receive three or four yellow cards, one or two technical fouls or one or two ejections (red cards in some sports). 

  1  Very Poor 
This rating should be given when a team demonstrates blatant disregard for the spirit of competition. Play may be dangerous with occasional intent to injure opponents. The captain has no or very little control of his/her team's conduct. The team may receive multiple yellow cards (5 or more) or multiple ejections.

Results of Ratings

  1. Game officials will evaluate the performance of each team concerning their sportsmanship after each contest. In order for teams to be eligible for playoff competition, they must have a cumulative average rating for sportsmanship throughout the regular season of at least a 3.0 and may not have more than one rating under 2.0. In order to continue in playoff competition, teams must earn a "Fair" (3) rating or higher in each game. Teams which earn lower than a "Fair" (3) rating will be eliminated from playoff competition.

  2. Abusive language will not be tolerated. Players who use foul language such as swearing or abusive name calling will be ejected from the contest without warning. Players who continually harass or question game officials will also be ejected from the contest.

  3. An individual ejected from a contest for displaying poor sportsmanship, including abusive language, will automatically be suspended for their team's next game as well. If an individual is ejected from a second game in the same sport, that individual is suspended from all Intramural participation for the remainder of that semester. Depending upon the seriousness of the offenses, the suspension may carry over into the next semester as well.

  4. Whenever participants are physically abusive, the following penalties will be assessed:

a. If a participant is involved in a "minor scuffle" (a pushing match of sorts), whether they are the primary aggressor or they retaliate, they will be ejected from the contest in which the scuffle took place. They will also be declared ineligible to play for their teams next two games.

* If an official is going to give out a 2 or lower he will have the supervisor on duty come over and watch the game to support and verify his decision.