Bench clearing brawl

[chapmaja]

I personally have no problem with anything that you did, including the statement about leaving if the team was allowed to play.

This is where the event rules need to be clear as day. The rules of the game clearly state that there is a specific number of players needed to begin the game. The event rules need to be clear that an ejected player has X consequences for the event. The TD needs to follow the rules for the event.

We had a similar issue at a HS Volleyball tourney last year. State rules clearly state that a coach ejected from a contest is removed from that day of competition. He was ejected in the first game of the day, but the team still had a minimum 3 more matches. The TD did not want to force the team to forfeit and wanted to allow a parent to coach the team. This is not allowed as it must be a school employee (or now in the state contract employee grrrr). The team had to forfeit the match he was ejected in, the next match, and their final pool play match of the day. Another school employee (the AD himself) showed up and took over the team for the bracket play portion of the event. As the 8th and lowest seed they did win the event. The coach wasn't present to see it, nor any more of his teams play that year, as he was removed as the teams coach on sight by the AD when the AD arrived. The AD ended up coaching the team the final couple weeks of the season. That was the third ejection for that coach that season. Not a coach you want working with a freshman girls volleyball team.