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suspended or terminated.
Staff Member Conduct
UNCW staff must conform to all federal, state, and local laws, as well as university
regulations. As a staff member, you are not exempt from penalty for misconduct.
UNCW expects its staff to act with honor and integrity as outlined in the UNCW Honor
Code. Additionally, staff members are representatives of the university and must
demonstrate ethical conduct and good sportsmanship.
COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
SPORTSMANSHIP POLICY
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 2002
To affirm its commitment to good sportsmanship, the CAA athletic directors have
approved an expanded sportsmanship policy to state that a player or coach who is ejected
from a contest for unsportsmanlike conduct/behavior will automatically be suspended for
the next game. The rule will operate in the following manner:
Amendment to CAA Constitution 7.05
Sportsmanship Rule. Any player or coach ejected from a contest for
unsportsmanlike conduct/behavior will automatically be suspended for the next
game. Conduct subsequent to the ejection can increase the penalty at the
Commissioner’s discretion. A second ejection within any year will result in a 2
game suspension. A third ejection will result in a 5 game suspension. This rule
does not limit the Commissioner’s authority to impose a greater sanction based on
the seriousness of the conduct (e.g. fighting) or by a playing rule. This rule will
apply automatically, but is subject to appeal to the Commissioner.
In the sports of baseball and softball, an umpire has the authority to restrict the
coach to the dugout for the remainder of the game for conduct/behavior short of
ejection.
This rule may run concurrently with the playing rules in particular sports that
provide for a next game suspension (e.g. red card in soccer).
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