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Q. If a player or coach is ejected from a junior varsity soccer game, when is he/she eligible to participate?
A. A player or coach ejected from a junior varsity soccer game for unsportsmanlike conduct will not be eligible to participate at any level of competition in soccer until the next junior varsity soccer game has been completed. If there is no contest at the same level within a ten day period, the ejected player or coach may fulfill the requirements of the by-law by missing three contests for another team(s) at any level in the same sport for which they are a rostered player or contracted coach.
Q. If a player is disqualified for committing five personal fouls in a basketball game, must he/she sit out the next game?
A. No. By-law 6.011 only applies when players are ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Q. If a player is ejected from the first game of a doubleheader in softball, is she eligible to play the second game of the doubleheader?
A. No.
Q. In the situation in question 5, if the girl was in the lineup for the second game should the umpire allow her to play?
A. Yes. Game officials are not responsible for enforcing by-laws 6.011 or 6.012. The ejection from the first game should be reported as required. (Please note: All ejections for unsportsmanlike conduct must be reported in writing to the IHSA and the member school(s) involved by officials within 48 hours of the incident.)
Q. In some sports players and coaches may be ejected from a contest for reasons other than unsportsmanlike conduct. Do by-laws 6.011 and 6.012 still apply? A. No. By-laws 6.011 and 6.012 only apply when players or coaches are ejected
for unsportsmanlike conduct. Please consult the definition of unsportsmanlike conduct provided in this brochure.
Q. What if a school fails to enforce by-laws 6.011 or 6.012?
A. Schools will be required to forfeit any contest(s) (including an IHSA state
series contest) when a player or coach is allowed to participate when he/she is ineligible due to an ejection for unsportsmanlike conduct. This is not the job of the official to enforce-officiate the contest and file a special report form with the IHSA.
Q. May a school schedule a contest after a player or coach has been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct to fulfill the requirements of by-laws 6.011 or
A. No. Coaches or players ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct must miss the next regularly scheduled contest. Contests that are rescheduled prior to an ejection because of inclement weather, etc., will be treated like a regularly scheduled contest.
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