Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Terry Jones, Jr.

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CIP- Referee

Sportsmanship: conduct (such as fairness, respect for one’s opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport.

Unsportsmanlike: not characteristic of or exhibiting good sportsmanship.

Conduct: a mode or standard of personal behavior, especially as based on moral principles.

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Unsportsmanlike Acts: 9-2

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ARTICLE 1. There shall be no unsportsmanlike conduct or any act that

interferes with orderly game administration on the part of players, substitutes, coaches, authorized attendants or any other persons subject to the rules, before the game, during the game or between periods. Infractions for these acts by players are administered as either live-ball or dead-ball fouls depending on when they occur.

(A.R. 9-2-1-I-X)

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Unpsportsmanlike Conduct

Prohibited Actions:

1. Abusive, threatening, obscene, demeaning actions or gestures

a). Pointing of finger(s), hand(s), arm(s) or ball at an opponent, or initiating the

slashing of the throat.

b). Verbally, taunting, baiting or ridiculing an opponent.

c). Simulating the firing of a weapon.

d). Delayed, excessive or choreographed act by which player(s) draw attention to

themselves.

e). An unopposed ball carrier obviously altering stride or diving when approaching the endzone.

f). A player removing their helmet after a dead-ball before they reach the team area. (Exceptions: Team, media or injury timeouts; equipment adjustment; through play; between periods; and during a measurement for a first down).

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Prohibited Actions (continued):

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g). Punching one’s own chest or crossing one’ arms while standing over a prone

player.

h). Intentionally removing the helmet while he ball is alive.

i). Dead-ball contact fouls such as pushing, shoving, striking that occur clearly after the ball is dead and that are not apart of the game action. (A.R. 9-2-1-XI)

j). After the ball is dead, using forcible contact to push or pull an opponent off the pile. (A.R. 9-2-10-XI)

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Prohibited Actions:

2. After a Score, a player must immediately return the ball to an official or leave it near the dead-ball spot. This prohibits:

a). kicking, throwing, spinning or carrying the ball(including off the field) the

ball any distance requiring an official to retrieve it.

b). Spiking the ball to the ground(Exception: A forward pass to conserve time).

c). Throwing the ball high into the air.

d). Any other unsportsmanlike act that delays the game.

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Other Prohibited Actions:

1. During the game, coaches players anyone else in the team area may not be in the field of play outside the 20-yard lines to protest an officiating decision or to communicate with players or officials without permission from the referee. (Exception: Rules 1-2-4-f, 3-3-4-d, 3-3-9-b, and 3-5-1)
2. No Ejected person or shall be in view of the field of play. (Rule 9-2-6)
3. No substitute may enter the field of play or end zones other than replacing a player or to fill a player vacancy. This includes demonstrations after any play. (A.R. 9-2-1-I)
4. Persons subject to the rules,

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct

“Penalty Enforcement”

• Live ball foul by players =15 yard penalty or half the distance to the goal line
• Live-ball fouls by non-players and all dead-ball fouls = 15 yards from succeeding spot
• All live and/or dead-ball fouls by TEAM B also included an automatic first down if not in conflict with other rules.
• Flagrant offenders shall be ejected. (ie. punching, kicking, spitting, making contact with an official, etc.)
• UNS fouls come with a counter. If any player or coach received (2) UNS fouls, they are disqualified from the contest.
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• Article 1-
• Fair Catch
• 2.8.1b
• 2.8.3b*
• 2.8.3d*
• Kick types
• 2.16.3
• 2.16.4
• 2.16.8
• Timing - Rule 3
• Start & Stopping the Clock
• 3.3.2a
• Ball in Play, Dead Ball, & Out of Bounds - Rule 4
• Dead Ball Becomes Live
• 4.1.1
• Ball Declared Dead
• 4.1.3a-c, e-i, k-o, q & r
• Ball Ready for Play
• 4.1.4 (AR 4.1.4 II)
• Player out of Bounds
• 4.2.1
• Loose Ball Out of Bounds
• 4.2.3

• Series of Downs - Rule 5
• Foul During Free Kick Down
• 5.2.1
• Foul before Change of Possession
• 5.2.4
• Fouls by Both Teams
• 5.2.8 (Exceptions 10.1.4)
• Kicks - 6
• Free Kicks
• 6.1.1-11
• Free Kick Out of Bounds
• 6.2.1-2
• Opportunity to Catch Kick
• 6.4.1a-g
• Fair Catch
• 6.5.1
• Invalid Signal Exception
• 6.5.3
• Illegal Block or Contact
• 6.5.4
• No Tackling
• 6.5.5

• Scoring - Rule 8
• Kick after Safety
• 8.5.2
• Touchback
• 8.6.1-2
• Responsibility & Impetus
• 8.7.1
• 8.7.2
• Conduct of Players - Rule 9
• Illegal Block Against Kicker
• 9.1.16a.8c
• Penalty Enforcement - Rule 10
• Basic Spot
• 10.2.2d.2(a)-(c)
• 10.2.2d.3(a)
• Fouls by A During Kicks
• 10.2.4
• Fouls After Try
• 10.2.5f