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Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Unsportsmanlike Conduct. Tony Dutton September 2014. Unsportsmanlike Acts Specifically Include. Abusive, threatening, or obscene language or gestures Acts that provoke ill will or are demeaning Pointing at an opponent Imitating the slashing of a throat

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct

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  1. UnsportsmanlikeConduct Tony Dutton September 2014

  2. Unsportsmanlike ActsSpecifically Include • Abusive, threatening, or obscene language or gestures • Acts that provoke ill will or are demeaning • Pointing at an opponent • Imitating the slashing of a throat • Taunting, baiting, ridiculing an opponent • Inciting an opponent or spectators

  3. Simulating firing a weapon • Hand to the ear to request recognition • Delayed, excessive, prolonged or choreographed acts to focus attention on oneself • Altering stride near the goal line • Diving into the end zone • Punching one’s chest or crossing arms while standing over an opponent • Going into the stands, bowing at the waist

  4. After a score, or any other play: • Kicking, throwing, spinning the ball • Spiking the ball • Carrying the ball off the field or any distance that delays the game

  5. Two (Fairly) Recent Rule Changes • 2011: Live-ball enforcement for unsportsmanlike fouls • 2013: Dead-ball contact fouls that are not part of the game action

  6. Live-Ball Enforcement9-2-1 PENALTY • Administered as either live-ball or dead-ball fouls depending on when they occur. • Auto 1st Down if by Team B. • Live-ball fouls: • By players: 15 yards (3 &1 administration). • By non-players: 15 yards from succeeding spot. • All dead-ball fouls: succeeding spot.

  7. 2 0 1 0 A.R. 9-2-1 II A88 catches a pass at the 18 and “goose steps” from the 10 into the end zone. QB 3rd & 15 at the B 20. RULING: Live-ball unsportsmanlike. 15 yards, spot of the foul. A’s ball 3rd and 20 at the 25.

  8. A.R. 9-2-1 III RULING: Live-ball unsportsmanlike. 15 yards, spot of the foul. A’s ball 2nd and 10 at the 45. 2nd & 5 at the B 40. A22 takes backward pass and heads for the end zone. X Guard A66 blocks opponent to the ground, and, when A22 is at the 10, stands over him taunting at the B30.

  9. A.R. 9-2-1 IV A88 catches a pass at the 18 and very near the goal line, dives into the end zone. No team B player within 10 yards. FJ is uncertain exactly where 88 started his dive. QB 3rd & 15 at the B 20. RULING: Unsportsmanlike conduct. Administer as a dead-ball foul. Penalty Enforced on try or succeeding kickoff.

  10. A.R. 9-2-1 VI RULING: Live-ball unsportsmanlike. Penalty is enforced on either the try or succeeding kickoff. 1st & 10 at the 50. A44 takes pitch and races into the end zone. LJ flags linebacker B57 for yelling obscenities that he was held.

  11. A.R. 9-2-1 VII QB A12 is sacked for a 10 yard loss by B77. B77 stands over A12 taunting and beating his chest. QB 3rd & 15 at the A45. RULING: Dead-ball unsportsmanlike. 15 yards from succeeding spot (A’s 35 yard line), automatic 1st down. A’s ball 1st & 10 at the 50.

  12. A.R. 9-2-1 VIII RULING: Unsportsmanlike foul committed by a non-player. Administer as a dead-ball foul. Touchdown counts and penalty is enforced on either the try or succeeding kickoff. Team A passes. Safety B33 intercepts a pass at the B10 and returns for a touchdown. LJ runs into coach on the field Near the B 40 while the ball is alive. X

  13. Dead-Ball Contact FoulsNot a Part of the Game Action • 9-2-1-a-j: Dead-ball contact fouls such as pushing, shoving, striking, etc. that occur clearly after the ball is dead and that are not part of the game action

  14. A.R. 9-2-1-X • After the ball carrier is tackled, A55 and B73 engage in a scuffle such that officials have to separate them and throw flags. • RULING: Offsetting dead-ball fouls. Each player is also charged with an unsportsmanlike conduct foul which counts toward the two such fouls leading to automatic disqualification.

  15. Important Because • 9-2-6-a: Any player or identified squad member in uniform who commits two unsportsmanlike conduct fouls in the same game shall be disqualified.

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