Ejection

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

I actually have the ejection stats for spring sports handy for my state. They include this in the packet at the state rules meeting.

Last season a TOTAL of 59 baseball player ejections happened statewide (47 in the spring season and 12 in the summer season). 17 ejections in girls soccer, 1 in softball, and 3 in boys track and field (there was 1 in tennis in 1999, which I'm still trying to figure out).

20 total coaches all last season -- 13 in baseball, 3 in softball, 3 in girls soccer, and 1 in track-and-field. At all levels.

79 ejections from March through June. I think each one could be looked at for a couple of minutes without rocking the boat too much. I also think that there would be more ejections if the auto-suspension was not there -- which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'm willing to bet that many should have-been ejections didn't happen because officials didn't think the punishment fit the crime. Instead, the officials probably took grief that they shouldn't have to take.

It could be worse though -- in a state I used to live in, the penalty for head coach ejection used to include forfeit, I believe.

--Rich

Wow, no ejections in Basketball or Football!?!

I also talked to our asst director of the state org. I asked if a kid got 2 Ts for slapping the ball on a throw-in, if he would have to sit one additional game. The answer was yes. It is too difficult to get into the nuances, he said. You get tossed, you sit, period. And no, disqualification for 5 fouls does not mean a suspension.