Ejection

[Hawks Coach]

First, I more agree with Rich that there should be no auto suspensions. Let the situation determine whether or not a person should be suspended. But, I am also a realist. And this would require a person or a committee to make a determination on every ejection, and an immediate report faxed after every ejection to support that decision. And the decision must be quick because the suspension might need to take effect the next night. So it is much easier from an adminstrative perspective (especially at the state level) to have it be automatic, even though it may lead to some inequities. Kind of like a red card in soccer - once it's out, you sit, regardless of whether or not your red card was not nearly as bad as somebody else's yellow card.

That said, I think there needs to be a clause in there that says greater or equal counts, or that it is served in the next game played at the same level without impact to other levels. The greater than or equal criteria can only be used if the player has played at a higher level during the current season. IOW, you can't dress a freshman for a varsity game for the first time all year and say it meets the criteria for serving the suspension. But if you have played in varsity games, you can sit out one varsity game to meet the requirement of the one game suspension for a feshman game. It seems to be fairer that way.