Ejections

PIAA Chapter Meeting Guide

Ejections are sometimes a necessary part of the game.

• There comes a time in a game where you as the official must take control of the game by ejecting a player or a coach.
• Sometimes the reason is a accumulation of actions by an individual, while other ejections are the result of a single action by a coach or player.
• Remember that a player “fouling out” by accumulating 5 minutes of personal fouls is NOT the same as an ejection
• Player is permitted to remain in bench area
• Player may play in next game
• No report is required

Automatic Ejection

• Rule 5-12: A player, substitute, coach, non-playing member of a team or anyone connected with the team shall be ejected for:
• Deliberately striking or attempting to strike anyone or leaving the bench area during an altercation
• Use of tobacco or smokeless tobacco
• Second non-releasable unsportsmanlike foul
• Any action deemed by the officials to be flagrant misconduct
• NOTE: The NFHS disapproves of any form of taunting which is intended or designed to embarrass, ridicule or demean others under any circumstances including on the basis of race, religion, gender or national origin.

What else can a player be ejected for?

• 5-1: Any Personal Foul that is excessively violent
• Severity and Intent

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• 5-4: Checks to Head/Neck (Excessive)
• Art. 1-5 This includes contact to head/neck, slash, an offensive player using his head to initiate contact, follow through of a check that starts legal but finishes high (min. 2 min. non-releasable penalty, possible ejection)
• Art 6-7: Targeting (min. 3 min. non-releasable penalty, possible ejection)

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• 5-10: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (second NR USC)

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PIAA Supplemental Disqualification

Any ejection involving confronting, contacting or addressing a Coach, contestant or official using foul or vulgar language, ethnic or racially insensitive comments or physical contact results in a two game suspension.

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Check the box on the PIAA online form.

Supplemental Disqualification -

What does it mean for officials?

• Officials must immediately or immediately after the contest notify the coach or athletic administrator that the ejection is a supplemental ejection.
• There is no need to inform the coach of the penalty. Officials should just state, “Coach, that is a Supplemental Ejection.”
• When officials fill out the disqualification form online they must use the actual language used by the ejected person or the acts committed that fall under this new Supplemental Disqualification
• Officials must also check the “Supplemental Ejection” box on the online form signifying the additional penalty

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• Once officials arrive on the premises that the contest is going to be played they have jurisdiction under this Supplemental Ejection policy
• This jurisdiction continues until officials leave the premises
• Officials approached at their vehicles, in their locker rooms, and any other locations while on the premises may issue the Supplemental Ejection

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Additional Notes on Supplemental Disqualifications

• The Supplemental Ejection is not designed for violations of “Rules of the Game” but rather for the conduct and foul language that result in the ejection.
• The one game sit out penalty still remains for those actions that do not fit the Supplemental Ejection policy.
• PIAA Board of Directors has given officials an additional tool to use, if warranted, to curb bad behavior.
• PIAA Board of Directors is concerned about the number of ejections and the conduct and foul language that result in ejections.
• This could aid in the recruitment and retention of officials if bad behaviors are reduced.

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Ok, I ejected him. Now what?

• Assess a three-minute non-releasable foul for a player, substitute, non-playing team member or team personnel or a one minute non-releasable penalty for a coach. Inform table of ejection.
• “In-home” will serve penalty time.
• If multiple non-playing personnel are ejected, use players listed in scorebook under the “in-home”, in the order they are listed, to serve penalty time

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• Make sure you write down the first and last name of everyone who is ejected.
• If players are involved, get uniform numbers as well
• Write notes to help you remember the circumstances
• Make sure you have all of the necessary information before resuming play.

• The ejected coach shall be removed from the premises (bench and field area)

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• An ejected player, substitute or non-playing team member shall be removed from the premises if there is authorized school personnel or his parents present to supervise the ejected student.

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• If no one is available for supervision, the student-athlete shall be confined to the bench area and become the responsibility of the Head Coach. This player should not be involved in any team activities for the remainder of the contest (i.e. team huddles, coaching, etc.)

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After the game:

• Inform your assignor!!!

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• Write up the situation in detail and if “colorful” language was involved, include it in the report. What were the circumstances of the situation, time remaining in game, score at the time, name(s) of everyone involved, and other relevant details. This is the responsibility of the ejecting official. Make sure you know the final score of the game.

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• Share report with partners, especially if you weren’t the “R”

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• File online report with the PIAA
• http://www.piaa.org/officials/forms/default.aspx

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Questions???

• Don’t be afraid to eject a player or coach if the circumstance warrants it.

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• Make sure you are justified in your action – know the details and document them.

Stacking Penalties

Basic principles when administering multiple penalties

1. Any player(s) already in the penalty box will remain there until their penalty is released

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• If the sequence of fouls can be determined, the fouls will be administered and served in the order in which they occur, and non-releasable penalties will be served before releasable penalties. If a player has multiple penalties, they will be served based on the sequence of the last foul.

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• If the sequence of fouls cannot be determined, the players with the most penalty time shall serve first, and non-releasable penalties will be served before releasable penalties.

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Situation:

• During a live ball, A1 sees and runs through a screen set by Team B, creating a flag down, slow whistle (FDSW) for unnecessary roughness.

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• While the FDSW is in effect, A2 hits B2 after he throws a pass. Assuming no scoring play is in progress, this will kill the play.

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• After the whistle, A3 maligns the official drawing in unsportsmanlike conduct foul.

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How will these penalties be enforced?

• A1, A2 and A3 are all placed in the box to serve their one-minute penalties. A3’s penalty in non-releasable.

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• 15 seconds into the extra-man situation, after a shot, A4 cross checks the shooter with contact to the head/neck area, drawing a two-minute non-releasable penalty.

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Now what???

A4 is removed from the game, but Team A keeps 7 players on the field.

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A4’s penalty time BEGINS when either:

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1. A1, A2 and A3’s penalty time expires (they all come out

at the same time)

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OR

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2. When Team B scores a goal (releasing A1 and A2,

A3 must serve full time)

If Team B scores 35 seconds into when the initial penalties started, Play resumes with man-down faceoff for Team A.

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A3 will remain in the penalty area for 25 more seconds

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A4 will begin serving his 2 min. non-releasable penalty

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