of multiple scrimmage events on the same day (jamboree).
(2)
Student-athlete must complete the NFHS “Sportsmanship” course before being eligible to
compete in next scrimmage or contest.
(3)
Coach must complete the NFHS “Teaching and Modeling Behavior” course for any student-ath
lete or coach ejection during the scrimmage.
(b)
Ejection Penalty - In compliance with ATHL - 012, a membership entity shall impose at least the fol
lowing penalties on a student, coach, or school official who is ejected from an interscholastic athletic
contest:
(1)
For the first ejection, the person shall be reprimanded and suspended from participating in
the next game at that level of play (varsity or junior varsity);
(2)
For a second ejection, the person shall be placed on probation and suspended for the next two
games at that level of play (varsity or junior varsity);
(3)
For a third ejection, the person shall be suspended for 365 days from the date of the report to
the NCHSAA and
(4)
A coach who is suspended shall not coach any team for any grade level during the period of
suspension.
(5)
Penalties are cumulative from sport to sport and from sport season to sport season. If a mem
ber of the school’s coaching staff is not present to assume an ejected coach’s duties, the con
test shall be terminated by a forfeit.
(c)
Penalties are not cumulative academic year to academic year with the exception of 3.3.8 (b)(3).
(d)
Ejected student-athletes may practice during their suspensions but may not play.
(e)
Ejected coaches may not be on the premises for a contest. The coach must leave the premises (press
box, bleachers, adjacent field, etc.) and must not have any type of contact with the team.
(f)
Student-athletes who are disqualified or ejected during a contest will remain in the team area for
supervision.
(g)
Anytime a student-athlete or coach is ejected from a contest, he or she does not participate or coach
the remainder of that day.
(h)
The coach is not permitted to be at the game site during his or her suspension, but the student-athlete
is allowed at the game site.
(i)
Any student-athlete or administrator who is ejected from a contest is required to complete the NFHS
“Sportsmanship” course before being eligible to return to competition. Any coach who is ejected from
a contest must take the NFHS “Teaching and Modeling Behavior” course before being eligible to re
turn to competition.
(j)
If a team has student-athletes ejected due to fighting, the head coach must take the NFHS Learning
Course “Teaching and Modeling Behavior”. It must be completed before coaching in the next game.
(k)
Soccer Yellow Card Tracking and Ejections [See Rule 4.8.1(j)]
(l)
In Wrestling, Track, Tennis, Golf, Cross Country and Swimming, any individual ejected from an in
dividual event or individual tournament may not participate for the remainder of the event (entire
day(s) of competition or tournament) from which he or she was ejected. Additionally, the individual
may not participate in the next scheduled event at that level.
NCHSAA Application Note 3.3.8. As used in Rule 3.3.8(b)(1)-(3), “first ejection” means the first ejection in
any sport during that academic year; “second ejection” means the second ejection in any sport during that
academic year, inclusive of all ejections previously received in the same academic year; and “third ejection”
means the third ejection in any sport during that academic year, inclusive of all ejections previously received
in the same academic year. For example, if a student, coach, or school official is ejected from one contest in
soccer and, later in the same academic year, is ejected from contest in basketball, and still later in the same
academic year, is ejected from a track meet, the ejection from the soccer game is the first ejection, from the
basketball game is the second ejection, and from the track meet is the third ejection.
3.3.9
Ineligible Student-Athlete Procedure
(a)
Any high school where an ineligible student-athlete participates in an athletic contest shall forfeit all
contests in which the student participated.
(1)
In addition, the student-athlete will be dropped from the team until their eligibility has been
restored.
(2)
The team may participate in playoffs if, despite the inclusion of the forfeited contests as a loss
in its season record, it would otherwise qualify.
(3)
The team shall not participate in playoffs if, after the brackets have been finalized, forfeited
contests cause an adjustment in its record and seed.
(b)
A school which knowingly uses an ineligible student-athlete shall drop the player from the team, for
feit all games in which the student-athlete participated, and will be ineligible for the playoffs in that
sport. The school may also be debarred from taking part in the contests of the NCHSAA for one year.
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