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 Non-violent plus a violent = 3 games suspension
 Violent plus a non-violent = 3 game suspension
 Violent plus a second violent = suspended for the remainder of the year.

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
Flagrant Targeting - Football
SITUATION:
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
Coach Ejected from Game
SITUATION:
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
Ejection Policy Violation – College does not Report an Ejection to the Region
SITUATION:
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