City of Iona

Participant/Coach/Spectator Code of Conduct

Participants (Coaches, Parents, Spectators, and Players) WILL:

• Be respectful to teammates, coaches, opposing coaches and members of the other team, referees/umpires, fans, spectators, and City of Iona property.

• Never place the value of winning above the value of instilling the highest ideals of character.

• Respect the decisions of the referees/umpires, even when their calls do not go in your favor.  

• Remember that this is a recreational league to teach skills and enjoyment of the game, and to have fun.

• Help ensure that the game environment, including the City of Iona, is free of illegal drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.

Participants (Coaches, Parents, Spectators, and Players) WILL NOT:

• Exhibit unsportsmanlike conduct toward players, referees/umpires, spectators, and opposing team members.

• Use abusive, obscene, profane, or damaging language.

• Begin or engage in verbal or physical threats or abuse aimed at any coach, parent, player, participant, referee/umpire, City of Iona Staff, or any other attendee.

• Initiate an argument, fight, or scuffle with any coach, parent, player, participant, referee/umpire, City of Iona staff, or any other attendee.

• Cheer or chant against the opposing team.

Rights of the City of Iona

• The City of Iona reserves the right to eject any offender from the game premises, or to suspend the offender from future City of Iona, who violates any standard of the City of Iona Code of Conduct.  This is solely to the discretion of the City of Iona Staff.

• The City of Iona reserves the right to conduct a background check on any coaches as the City of Iona sees necessary.

Acknowledgement

By submitting my team's registration for the City of Iona Baseball or Softball League, I agree:

• My team (parents included) and I have read and will abide by The City of Iona Code of Conduct.

• My team (parents included) and I will report unaddressed violations of The City of Iona Code of Conduct to City of Iona Staff.

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