Cleat Police!

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by asdf

The penalty for ejection is no secret.

The regulations mandate that a player or coach who has been ejected must sit out the reamainder of the day and through the next contest at the level that the ejection occured.

Really? Then post it, because no one has to this point. We can only go by what's been posted.

[asdf]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

Agree



Not so fast my friend.

There is no penalty if illegal cleats are discovered during pre-game warm-ups, however, the player may not participate until he/she gets legal cleats. When illegal cleats are discovered during the game, ALL offending players SHALL be ejected for the remainder of that contest. That’s an Oregon-Only rules modification of NFHS rules and also an OSAA Executive Board
policy.

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Really? Then post it, because no one has to this point. We can only go by what's been posted.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how an officials association has any say on the penalty for being ejected from a contest.

My information comes from the OSAA 2012-2013 Handbook

Article 19 - Ejection Policies - Ejected Player or Coach

7. Q. When a coach or player is ejected, when and over what period of time are the ejection period and suspension period?

A. Note: If the ejection occurs in the last contest at a particular level, the suspension carries over to the next contest at any level in that sport in that season.



Sport Ejection Period Suspension Period

Baseball Remainder of that day. Sit out through next contest at that level.

Basketball Remainder of that day. Sit out through next contest at that level.

Football Remainder of that day. Sit out through next contest at that level.

Soccer Remainder of that day. Sit out through next contest at that level.

Softball Remainder of that day. Sit out through next contest at that level.

Volleyball Remainder of that day. Sit out through next playing date at that level.

Wrestling Follow NFHS Rules Book. Sit out through next contest at that level.

[ODJ]

Oregon School Activities Association is the state governing body, not an officials association.

[HLin NC]

As I said, unless there was something we had not been made privy to, which has now been cleared up, that was all the info we had to go with.

Its still harsh for essentially an equipment violation but when in Oregon, do as the Ducks do I guess.

[parepat]

The NCAA also requires an ejection for the current and following game for a cleat violation. I believe it is the hashest penalty found in the NCAA rules.

[ajmc]

One, fairly simple way to totally avoid the consequences, of violating even the harshest rule, is to comply with the rule. Wearing illegal cleats is rarely, if ever, an accident. It takes considerable effort to secure illegal cleats, and premeditation to use them.

Players are student athletes and, unfortunately, are sometimes prone to doing, or being persuaded to doing, stupid things. The severity of the penalty seems designed to insure retention of the consequence, which hopefully reduces the chance of repetition.

For an adult coach guilty of allowing illegal cleats, the punishment described seems appropriate, if followed by additional administrative penalty.

[HLin NC]

Yeah, I think we all understand that..

Conversely it could have been as innocuous as "hey manager, I need some new cleats in my shoes. "Ok".