Updated 1/7/2008
GPCC BASKETBALL LEAGUE CODE OF
CONDUCT
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Updated 1/7/2008 |
This is a family oriented facility. Our recreational leagues have been developed
to enhance the physical and emotional enjoyment, health, and safety of
recreation participants. High standards
of behavior promote civility. It
facilitates respectful relationships between people and sends a clear message
to those watching that what is important is not who wins or loses but how you
play the game. Sportsmanship is the
underlying understanding that the people on the other team are not truly the
“enemy” but co-participants in athletic activities.
Definition of Unsportsmanlike Conduct: To be unsportsmanlike is to act in a manner
unbecoming a fair, ethical, honorable individual. It consists of acts of
disrespect such as making debasing or critical remarks about or to an official
or an opponent, or vulgarity such as the use of profanity whether or not
directed at someone.
The penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct is a technical foul, two free throws, unless the act is flagrant, when in such time, the offender can, at minimum, be ejected from the game, up to the maximum of banishment from the league.
q A player, coach,
substitute, or spectator shall not: disrespectfully address an official’s
decision by: rising from the bench/side lines or using gestures; inciting
undesirable crowd reactions; or entering onto the court unless by permission of
an official or to attend an injured player.
The referee may end the game if its nature becomes negative, angry, or
violent.
q Any foul or
vulgar language will result in a technical foul
q Excessive verbal
abuse may be penalized with a suspension.
q Talking to your
opponent in a negative manner will be a “T”.
q Approaching a
referee in a threatening manner will lead to an ejection or league suspension.
q Talking to the
referee in a derogatory manner before, during, and after the game is
disallowed. If you have a major problem
with a referee, don’t settle it at the moment.
Call the league co-ordinator and say what you need to at that time without
a penalty. Players have no right to
settle issues immediately.
q Two “T’s” on an
individual player in one game will be an automatic one full game suspension and
they must leave the building for the rest of the game in which they received
the two technical fouls.
q Spectators are a privilege
and are not covered in the team fee.
They must abide by the same standards as players.
q Dunking, the attempt to dunk or hanging
on the rim or net are not permitted.
A technical foul will be called for this violation.
q Each team is responsible for their own players. If one of your teammates becomes out of control, it is up to your team to control that player. If the team can not control an individual then the team can be penalized.
q A team fight will lead to league banishment with no refund. The key is to immediately step in to stop the fight and help end a bad situation, before the league has to suspend or banish. The referees cannot prevent situations as well as players and teammates can.
q If there is a
strong disagreement with referees, the captain needs to talk to the league
coordinator at (610) 313-8680, not the referee.
The captain may talk to the referee about interpretation, not judgment
calls. This is a recreational league,
these referees are to be given total control.
q Physical
confrontation - Any player, manager, or person affiliated with a team
physically confronting (poking, pushing, shoving, or the like) an official,
player, or spectator before, during, or after the game will be suspended from
the league for a period of time. A blow
or punch to the head will be grounds for a minimum of one-year suspension and
possible permanent expulsion from participating in any league at the GPCC. Teammates need to keep players away from
physical confrontations.
q Any ejection
from the game, the player must leave the GPCC property. The game will not resume until this is
complete. Refusal to cooperate in this
matter may result in a call to police.
q Any suspensions
from the league, the player may not enter the GPCC to watch any games until the
suspension period is over.
q League
suspensions carry over to all leagues and tournaments that the GPCC runs.
q Just because the
referee isn’t calling something, does not mean it is right to keep doing it.
(For example, the referee is not seeing elbows in the back or extra body bumps
- this does not give a team the license to break the rules and play dirty.)
q Spitting on the
floor and walls are prohibited. There is
a drain by the water fountains for this purpose. If you are seen by staff or viewed on our
surveillance cameras, you will be asked to leave the building for the rest of
that day. If this behavior continues
further action will be enforced.
q Player(s) or
team(s) may be ejected out of a game and asked to leave the GPCC property by a
ref or any Community Center Staff if there behavior is viewed as disruptive or
threatening - even if no technical fouls have been called.
***Conduct rules
will be strictly enforced to set a tone that poor player behavior will not
be tolerated.
Have fun, that’s what recreational activities are all about!
If
the police are called in due to disruptive behavior, a minimum of a two
game suspension will be assessed to the player(s) or team(s) that is
involve in the incident. This does
not include the automatic one game suspension for being ejected from the
game. After a review of the
situation, further action may be taken.
(Further action is at the discretion of the Greater Plymouth Community
Center's Management Team)
The Greater Plymouth
Community Center
Adult
Basketball Release Form