2.4.4
Gameday Administrator Duties During a Contest - Gameday administrators should remain present at
contests, staying constantly visible and aware of the activities within the venue. BE PREVENTIVE IN YOUR OBSER
VATIONS AND ACTIONS!
(a)
Utilize radio communications with staff personnel assigned to the contest, keeping lines of commu-
nication open with the visiting school representative.
(b)
Periodically check with designated personnel on any issues observed.
(c)
Crowd Control: Gameday administrators have a critical role in ensuring proper crowd behavior
throughout the contest. The gameday administrator is responsible for:
(1)
Conflict resolution, including removing or having individuals removed from the venue, if
necessary.
(2)
Communicating with student section group leader(s) about appropriate behavior and
providing correction as needed.
(3)
Providing supervision during game breaks and halftime to keep spectators off the playing
area and away from game officials and opposing team members.
2.4.5 Gameday Administrator Duties After a Contest - The gameday administrator should ensure that all as
pects of security, safety and hospitality are completed following the contest. These duties include:
(a)
Ensure that post-game handshakes take place unless conditions exist that require the gameday
administrator and coaches cancel this activity.
(b)
Use public address (PA) announcer to direct and guide spectators to exits and not access the playing
area or locker rooms.
(c)
Ensure that security or law enforcement remain on-site and present until all spectators have left the
facility.
(d)
Provide and escort for the officials to the locker room and to their vehicles after the have left the
locker room.
(e)
Provide continuous security for locker room or post-game staging areas.
(f)
Secure access to team buses from spectators and opposing coaches. Team buses should leave the
area immediately after the game.
(g)
Administrators from both schools should confer before leaving the venue to ensure all details have
received adequate attention.
2.4.6 Guidelines for Police and Security - The following are recommendations for police and security officials
at NCHSAA contests.
(a)
Police and security should arrive in sufficient time prior to the contest and report to the gameday
administrator.
NOTE: Any police traveling with the visiting team shall notify the host school prior to the contest and identi-
fy themselves to the gameday administrator upon arrival.
(b)
Security should be requested to assist in controlling the following areas:
(1)
Non-students seated in student sections.
(2)
Fan/seating area observation
(3)
Identification of fans who are contributing to negative behavior - verbal or physical.
2.5
Sportsmanship
THE QUALITY OF RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR CHARACTERIZED BY A SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY AND A GENUINE CON
CERN FOR OPPONENTS, OFFICIALS AND TEAMMATES
(a)
Students and spectators should:
(1)
Realize you represent the school as does a member of a team; therefore, you have an obliga-
tion to be a true sportsman, encouraging through this behavior the practice of good sports-
manship by others
(2)
Recognize that good sportsmanship is more important than victory by approving and
applauding good team play, individual skill and outstanding examples of sportsmanship and
fair play exhibited by either team
(3)
Remember that the primary purpose of interscholastic athletics is to promote the physical,
mental, moral, social and emotional well-being of the players through the medium of contest
(4)
Be modest in victory and gracious in defeat
(5)
Respect the judgment and integrity of game officials
(b)
Student-athletes are expected to sign the sportsmanship pledge, and coaches are expected to sign
the code of conduct for coaches.
2.5.1 Social Media Policy - The NCHSAA recognizes, encourages and supports its student-athletes’, coaches’ and
officials’ rights to freedom of speech, expression and association, including the use of social media. Social media
applies, without limitation, to any web-based and mobile technologies, in use now or developed in the future, that
enables individuals or entities to disseminate or receive information, communicate, or otherwise interact. The As
sociation believes that student-athletes, coaches, and officials are role models, and their use of social media should
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