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Case 3
Targeting - Football
SITUATION:
Football Student-Athlete is ejected in the first half of the game for targeting. What penalty must be served?
ANSWER:
Student-Athlete R must sit out the remainder of the first half and the entire second half of that contest. Targeting is a penalty, it would
not be considered a violent ejection, it would be part of the football rules and enforced within the football rulebook.
If the student-athlete is ejected in the second half or overtime, they must sit out the remainder of that game and the first half of the next
game.
Case 4
SITUATION: Flagrant Targeting - Football
Football Student-Athlete is ejected for a flagrant targeting penalty, will the student-athlete have to serve game suspensions?
ANSWER:
Student-Athlete R must be immediately ejected and a two (2) game suspension served. A flagrant targeting foul is a violent ejection within
the NJCAA.
Case 5
Baseball Ejections – NJCAA and NCAA Penalties
Please be advised that you must apply the more stringent rule in every specific instance.
Case 6
SITUATION: Coach Ejected from Game
The basketball coach at Community College A is ejected from a game after receiving two technical fouls on Thursday, during a three-day
tournament. May the coach be involved coaching his/her team on Friday? If the coach enters the building and/or coaches the team on
Friday, what are the implications?
ANSWER:
Article XV of the NJCAA bylaws states the NJCAA Sportsmanship and Ejection Policy. This policy would mandate that the coach be
suspended for the next scheduled game in which Community College A participates. In the precise situation presented above, this coach
would not be allowed to coach on Friday. Article XV indicates that the suspended coach/player/staff member shall not be allowed in the
facility/gym/field complex before or during the contest and may not coach or participate before the game, during the play, or at halftime.
Suspended individual must remain out of sight and sound of and from the venue while serving a suspension.
If the coach does not adhere to the suspension penalty, he/she will be required to sit out the next two games (penalty doubles) and the
team must forfeit any victory obtained while the college was not in compliance.
Non-Compliance
Case 1
Ejection Policy Violation – Player does not Serve the Penalty for a Non-Violent Ejection
SITUATION:
Student-Athlete R is a baseball player and is ejected for a non-violent offense from the first game of a double-header. He plays in the
second game of the double-header on that same day. Has the Ejection Policy been violated and if so, what are the penalties?
ANSWER:
Yes. There has been a violation of the Ejection Policy. When a student-athlete or coach is ejected from a game for a non- violent
offense, a one-game suspension is to be served during the next regularly scheduled game including regular and postseason games.
Because Student-Athlete R did not “sit out” the second game of the double-header, that game and all games that Student-Athlete R
participates in until he serves his suspension must be forfeited. In addition, because Student- Athlete R did not sit out the next regularly
scheduled game, the suspension doubles and the coach must serve the doubled portion of the violation as set forth in the Ejection Policy.
NOTE: An ejected student-athlete remains ineligible until the suspension is fully served. All games played by the student- athlete while
ineligible must be forfeited.
Case 2
Article XV Section 1.A.2.g.1 and Section B.2.d.1
SITUATION: Ejection Policy Violation – College does not Report an Ejection to the Region
There is a non-violent ejection of a student-athlete during a game that is being played on a Friday. The student-athlete served a one-
game suspension for the following game which was game one of a double-header that is being played the next day, Saturday. The student-
athlete then participates in the second game of the same double-header. The ejection is reported to the Region on the following Tuesday.
Has the Ejection Policy been violated and if so, what are the penalties?
ANSWER:
Yes, there has been a violation of the Ejection Policy. Ejections must be reported to the Region by noon on the following business day.
In this case, the ejection should have been reported by the college to the Region by noon on the following Monday. Because the ejection was
not reported to the Region by noon on the next business day, the penalties double resulting in an additional game suspension (2 games in
total) and the second game on Saturday’s double-header must be forfeited for failure to report. For the first occurrence, the penalties will
double, with the head coach serving the doubled portion of the penalty and a letter of reprimand shall be sent to the Director of Athletics and
the President of the institution.