2012-13 TSSAA Handbook

2012-13 TSSAA Handbook
Section 9. Coaches Ejected for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
A. The school and coach will be required to submit a written report of the incident.
B. The school will be given a choice of removing the coach for a specified number of contest(s) and pay a
fine of $250.00 or face further disciplinary action. The school shall not allow the suspended coach to
attend games while under suspension.
C. In addition to what is presently required when a coach is ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct, a meeting
shall be held with the coach, principal, and superintendent, or his/her appointed representative, with a
report on the meeting and plans to directly address the matter to be filed with the state office by the
principal.
D. On any subsequent ejection by the same coach, the school will be given a choice of removing the coach
for a specified number of contest(s) and pay a fine of $500.00 or face further disciplinary action. The
school shall not allow the suspended coach to attend games while under suspension.
E. If the coach is ejected from the contest and an assistant coach or an employee of the school involved is
not available to continue as coach, the event is terminated and forfeited to the opponent
F. Other non-monetary penalties may be assessed by the Executive Director based on all the facts.
Section 10. If a team is removed from competition, the school shall be fined $500.00, and the school shall face
disciplinary action by TSSAA. Other non-monetary penalties may be assessed by the Executive Director based
on the facts.
Section 11. Appeals
Any appeal request regarding the ejection of players or coaches shall be submitted in writing from the
administrator of the school, stating which playing rule was misapplied. It should be accompanied by $50.00. If
the appeal is granted, the $50.00 will be returned to the school.
Playing of Ineligible Student-Athletes
Section 12. All rulings on eligibility must be in writing, and the accidental, intentional or other use of ineligible
players by a member school shall require that team victories in which the ineligible player are forfeited to
opponents; and any one or more of these additional actions may be taken:
(a) That individual or team records and performances achieved during participation by such ineligibles be
vacated or stricken;
(b) That team or individual awards earned by such ineligibles be returned to the TSSAA; and
(c) That a fine for the playing of an ineligible player be assessed against the school, if deemed necessary.
Section 13. If a student is ineligible according to TSSAA rules but is permitted to participate in interscholastic
competition contrary to such TSSAA rules but in accordance with the terms of a court restraining order or
injunction against his/her school and/or the TSSAA, and that injunction is subsequently voluntarily vacated,
stayed, reversed or finally determined by the courts that injunctive relief is not or was not justified or expires
without further judicial determination, those actions stipulated in Section 13 shall be taken.
Section 14. If an ineligible contestant competes in a meet, match or tournament and any violation of TSSAA rules
occurs, all points earned by that student, or by a relay team of which he/she may have been a member, in that
meet or tournament are to be declared forfeited; and in team sports (baseball, basketball, football, girls soccer,
soccer, girls softball and girls volleyball) the entire contest is forfeited.
When a team plays an ineligible athlete in TSSAA tournaments or playoffs, the entire contest is forfeited, the
team is removed from the tournament or playoff, and no team replaces that team in the tournament series.
The penalty for playing an ineligible contestant shall be $50.00 per contest at the varsity level and $25.00 per
contest below the varsity level, with a maximum fine of $250.00, provided it is voluntarily reported by the school,
which is in violation, to the Executive Director. If it is not voluntarily reported by the school to the Executive
Director, the penalty shall be $100.00 per contest at the varsity level and $50.00 per contest below the varsity
level. Other non-monetary penalties may be assessed by the Executive Director based on all the facts.
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