I occasionally call tournament games at a LL park that has a neat house rule. If a coach or player gets ejected from a game, he is automatically ineligible for the next game, and before he may participate in the next game for which he is eligible, he must apologize for his actions over the PA system microphone. Needless to say, we have very few ejections in these tournaments.
Here in Tennessee, if a FED coach gets ejected, he gets fined $250 by the state. We also have very few ejections in FED ball.
I think the moral of the story is that if coaches and players know that improper behavior can cost them cash and/or emabarrasment, they will usually think twice before getting out of line.
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