DP 5.0 TEAM MISCONDUCT

(a)           Every Club and/or Team is responsible for the actions of its Participants, Official, and Spectators. Spectators cannot be present on the team bench and are required to watch the game from the opposite side of the field from the team bench.

(b)          The SAS reserves the right to place teams under probation and/or implement a Team Bond for a Team, at any time, for reasons related to misconduct and/or for bringing the Game into disrepute.

(c)           The SAS office will issue discipline on a case by case basis to the team(s) and/or individual(s) responsible if a game is abandoned by a Referee due to team/player misconduct.

(d)           If a Team/Player is found to be responsible for the abandoning of a Game, for any reason, the following discipline will be rendered:

(i)            1st offence: $25 - $100 fine.

(ii)           2nd offence: $100 to $250 fine and placed on probation.

(iii)         3rd or greater offence: to be decided by the Discipline Administrator, $500 minimum fine and/or expulsion of team.

(e)           Any team who is found guilty of a "bench brawl", for any reason, during the course of a match will forfeit, at minimum their next three games, and will be fined $500. Until such fine is paid, that team will continue forfeiting their matches, and at the end of the season individual players may be blacklisted for any amounts still owed by the team.  Game Abandonment Fines will also apply at the discretion of the Discipline Hearing Committee.  The number of games is also at the discretion of the Discipline Hearing Committee.

(i)            The exact definition of "bench brawl" will be decided on a case-by-case basis by the Discipline Administrator and Committee assigned to individual cases, in conjunction with the referee's report and witness statements.

(f)            Suspension Accumulation for any Violent Conduct (as per Schedule A Discipline Guidelines) by any Team in the SAS League will be subject to the following fine(s):

(i)            League Play (per season basis)

(i)            3rd Violent Conduct Suspension: $50 Fine

(ii)           4th Violent Conduct Suspension: $75 Fine

(iii)         5th Violent Conduct Suspension: $100 Fine

(iv)          For each additional Violent Conduct Suspension: $100 fine and a discipline by hearing (DBH).  A team bond will be issued in the amount of $500 if 5 violent conduct red cards are issued with a 100% fine retention penalty, and a second bond of $500 issued, for additional red cards.