DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS / DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Key Points Summary
Ejections
Players: Automatically miss the next eligible game.
Coaches: Must leave immediately, miss the next game and all team practices before that game. Future suspension may carry over to a new season if it’s the team’s last game.
Spectators: Must leave and cannot attend the next full day of games in which their associated player (or team) participates.
Consistency with Area Rules: If higher authority rules (Area 10-A or trisection) impose a longer suspension, that length applies.
Modification by Directors: The Division Director or Regional Commissioner can increase, reduce, or replace any suspension after reviewing referee and board reports.
Written Notice: Suspensions (besides automatic one-game bans) must be communicated in writing and include the reason and review process.
Referee Discretion: A referee may record someone as “ejected” even if they didn’t announce it at the field for safety reasons.
Youth Referee Protection: If the referee is under 18, their mentor’s authority counts as equivalent.
Cross-Program Suspension: If a coach or parent is ejected in one program (e.g., Core or Extra), the suspension carries to their participation in the other, though point deductions apply only where the infraction occurred.
Suspension and Removal (Non-Game Incidents)
The Regional Commissioner or designee (along with Division Directors or Referee Administrator) may discipline anyone — player, coach, referee, or spectator — for conduct issues, even outside a single game.
Discipline can include removal, suspension, probation, conditional participation, or required training.
No such discipline may be imposed without notifying the individual (and parents, for minors).
Board of Review
Anyone disciplined may request a review by this board.
The Regional Commissioner appoints the board, which must include disinterested members (not involved in the incident or in the same division).
Hearings are informal but fair — not court-style, and no cross-examination allowed. Lawyers are discouraged.
The board may review reports, hear witnesses, and decide on fairness or modification of discipline.
An appeal from the Board of Review can only challenge procedural irregularities or lack of fairness, not disagreement with the outcome itself.
Failure to Appoint Not Considered Discipline
This structure ensures both fairness and protection for volunteers, players, and officials while maintaining accountability across all roles in the program.
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