2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA
2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA
2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA
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RULE 4 / DEFINITIONS51<br />
Section 24. Entering Player<br />
An entering player is a substitute who has been beckoned onto the playing court<br />
by an official.<br />
Section 25. Extra Period<br />
Art. 1. An extra period is the extension of playing time allocated to break a tie<br />
score.<br />
Art. 2. The length of each extra period shall be five minutes.<br />
Section 26. Fighting<br />
Art. 1. A fight is a flagrant 2 foul.<br />
Art. 2. A fight is a confrontation involving one or more players, coaches or other<br />
team personnel wherein (but not limited to) a fist, hand, arm, foot, knee or leg is<br />
used to combatively strike the other individual.<br />
Art. 3. When during a confrontation, an individual attempts to strike another<br />
individual with any of the actions defined in Art. 2, whether there is contact is<br />
irrelevant. The perpetrator shall be deemed to have been involved in a fight.<br />
Art. 4. When during a confrontation, an individual uses unsportsmanlike acts or<br />
comments which, in the opinion of the official, provoke the other individual to<br />
retaliate by fighting, it shall be ruled that both individuals have been involved in<br />
the fight.<br />
Art. 5. When a physical confrontation has occurred, the officials shall determine<br />
the individuals who were involved in the fight or left the bench area to participate.<br />
Art. 6. A combative confrontation may occur when the ball is live, in which case,<br />
it is a flagrant 2 personal foul; or when the ball is dead, and a flagrant 2 technical<br />
foul shall be assessed.<br />
Art. 7. When during the course of play (live ball), an individual strikes an<br />
opponent with the hand, elbow, arm, foot, knee or leg in a nonconfrontational<br />
manner but the act is excessive or severe, it shall be ruled as a flagrant 2 personal<br />
foul and not a fighting action. When a defined body part is used to strike an<br />
opponent but the contact is not severe or excessive, a judgment shall be made by<br />
the official as to whether the contact is a flagrant 1 personal foul.<br />
Art. 8. Anytime an individual uses a closed fist in an unsportsmanlike manner,<br />
it shall be deemed that the individual has initiated a fighting act and shall be<br />
penalized accordingly.<br />
Art. 9. When any flagrant 2 foul is ruled to be a fight, the fighting penalty shall<br />
be invoked.<br />
Section 27. Followers<br />
Followers are fans, bands, cheerleaders and mascots associated with a particular<br />
team.<br />
Section 28. Forfeit/No Contest<br />
Art. 1. A forfeit is the termination of the game by the referee.<br />
Art. 2. The referee shall declare a forfeit when any player, squad member or<br />
bench personnel fails to comply with any technical-foul penalty or makes a<br />
travesty of the game.<br />
Art. 3. The referee shall declare a forfeit when conditions warrant.