Throughout the school year, TSSAA-registered contest officials report incidents of unsporting behavior to the TSSAA in order for the Executive Director to insure that schools are respecting association bylaws regarding unsportsmanlike conduct.
The TSSAA and its member schools believe strongly that the major purpose of education-based athletics is to be a part of the total educational program. A major part of this purpose is to stress to coaches, players, officials, and fans the vital importance of sportsmanship. It is critical that all parties understand the role they play in maintaining an atmosphere of good sportsmanship and being a positive role model for others.
A finalized list of incidents and responses is maintained by the state office staff and presented to the Board of Control each year at its June meeting.
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To address these issues, coaches and school administrators can teach and demonstrate positive behavior by emphasizing the importance of respect and sportsmanship. Coaches should lead by example, treating officials, opponents, and their own players with respect at all times. They should emphasize the importance of fair play and encourage their players to display good sportsmanship. Additionally, coaches and administrators should create a positive game environment by promoting crowd etiquette and addressing any fan behavior that goes against the values of sportsmanship. It is crucial to educate everyone involved in the game about the importance of positive behavior, both on and off the court, to create a more enjoyable and respectful atmosphere for all participants.
Based on the officials' reports, the most frequent unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school baseball involve players and coaches arguing balls and strikes—often escalating from verbal complaints to profanity-laced tirades and ejections—along with taunting through bat flips, staring into dugouts, or verbal jabs after plays. Fan misconduct, including heckling and profane outbursts directed at umpires or players, also appears repeatedly, requiring ejections and administrative removal.
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Based on the provided officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in boys' basketball involve players receiving multiple technical fouls for taunting, pushing opponents after a dead ball, or directing profanity at officials, often leading to ejections. Additionally, coaches are frequently disqualified for verbally berating officials, while fans and even principals are routinely removed for threatening remarks, profanity-laced outbursts, and, in extreme cases, physical altercations that spill onto the court or into the stands.
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Based on the provided officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in girls' basketball involve fan misconduct—including profanity directed at officials and game personnel, entering the court, and refusing to comply with removal requests—followed by player altercations that escalate into fighting, often resulting in flagrant technical fouls and ejections, as well as bench personnel leaving the bench area during such incidents.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios involve fighting and physical altercations—such as throwing punches, shoving after the play, and players leaving the bench to join skirmishes—followed closely by abusive language directed at officials or opponents, including profanity and racial slurs. Frequent ejections also result from dead-ball personal fouls like stomping, kicking, or taunting gestures, as well as from accumulating two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties in a single game.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in Girls' Flag Football involve physical altercations—punches, shoving, hair-pulling, and wrestling—often sparked by perceived fouls or aggressive play, with fights frequently breaking out during dead-ball situations or after the game during handshake lines. Other recurring issues include taunting, abusive language, and unsportsmanlike conduct from players, coaches, and parents, including parents entering the field and coaches throwing footballs at officials.
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Based on the officials’ reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in boys’ lacrosse involve players leaving the bench area to join on-field altercations, throwing punches during or after dead-ball situations, and delivering late, dangerous hits—especially to the head and neck—often in blowout games or after goals.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in girls' lacrosse involve dangerous, retaliatory contact to the head and neck area—such as aggressive stick swings and checks—along with physical altercations like shoving, kneeing, and throwing sticks, often occurring after the whistle and despite prior warnings.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school soccer involve repeated dissent from both fans and players, often escalating into ejections. Fans frequently direct abusive, profane language at match officials, leading to removals, while players accumulate yellow cards for reckless fouls and unsporting behavior, often resulting in red cards for second cautions. Additionally, post-match confrontations, including violent shoves and thrown balls, highlight a troubling trend of misconduct that officials struggle to control amid mass confrontations.
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Based on the officials’ reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school girls’ soccer include **verbal abuse and dissent toward officials** from both players and spectators, often involving profanity and personal insults; **reckless and violent conduct** among players, such as punching, kicking, hair-pulling, and spitting; and **fan interference**, particularly the use of air horns to disrupt play, as well as hostile comments and ejections for refusing to leave the venue.
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Based on the umpire reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in girls' softball involve persistent, often vociferous fan misconduct—including berating officials over judgment calls, accusations of cheating, and personal insults—that frequently escalates to the point of requiring ejection or removal from the premises. Additionally, coaches and players routinely challenge calls on the field, with incidents ranging from arguing rules and ejections for personalized comments to acts of malicious contact and out-of-the-box violations, all of which disrupt the flow of the game and require official intervention.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school girls’ volleyball involve coaches and fans aggressively disputing officiating calls—often with profanity, thrown objects, and refusal to comply with warnings—alongside disruptive fan behavior such as shouting derogatory remarks at officials and scorers, interfering with the match’s flow, and harassing officials even after ejection or after the match ends.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school wrestling involve **post-match physical aggression** (shoving, swinging, slapping opponents after the final whistle), **repeated profanity directed at opponents or officials**, and **biting**, which frequently results in flagrant misconduct ejections. Other recurring issues include throwing headgear, arguing with referees after penalties, and coaches or parents encroaching on the mat or using abusive language.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in girls' wrestling involve biting—frequently cited in matches across multiple tournaments—along with punches thrown in frustration, verbal abuse from parents and coaches (including berating officials and refusing to leave the venue), and post-match outbursts such as kicking or throwing punches after a pin.
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