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 common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school baseball involve arguing balls and strikes—often escalating to profanity directed at umpires—along with taunting through bat flips, stares, or verbal jabs, and bench-clearing incidents where players leave the dugout to join altercations. Coaches frequently compound issues by failing to control their benches or by continuing to argue after warnings, leading to restrictions or ejections, while disruptive fans heckling players and officials also create a hostile environment requiring ejection.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school boys' basketball involve players receiving technical fouls for arguing calls or displaying visible disgust toward officials, often escalating to a second technical and ejection. Frequent incidents also include intentional pushing or shoving after dead balls, retaliatory physical contact between players, and fan misconduct—ranging from profanity and heckling to entering the court or making threatening remarks, leading to removal by administrators or security.
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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, entering the court, and refusing to comply with removal requests—as well as player technical fouls and ejections for fighting, retaliatory actions, and arguing calls, and coach/bench personnel violations for leaving designated areas, arguing, and receiving multiple technical fouls leading to ejection.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school football involve fighting or throwing punches during dead-ball altercations, followed by players leaving the bench area to join skirmishes, and verbal abuse—including profanity or racial slurs directed at officials or opponents. Multiple players were ejected for these actions, often after accumulating two unsportsmanlike conduct fouls in the same game.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in Girls' Flag Football involve physical altercations—punches, shoves, hair-pulling, and wrestling—often sparked by aggressive play or perceived slights, followed by ejections for taunting, abusive language, and retaliation. Fights frequently erupt between players after plays, sometimes escalating with coaches or parents entering the field, while dead-ball confrontations and bench-clearing brawls also appear repeatedly.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school soccer involve persistent dissent and abusive language directed at match officials, both from players and spectators, often leading to ejections. Repeated reckless fouls resulting in second yellow cards and red cards are also frequent, as are post-match violent confrontations involving players and even coaches, such as shoving opponents or throwing the ball with excessive force.
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Based on these official reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school girls' soccer involve a troubling level of verbal abuse from players and fans, including profanity-laced dissent toward officials and opponents, as well as physical misconduct such as kicking, punching, and hair-pulling. Ejections for reckless fouls, fighting, and persistent infringement are also frequent, alongside disruptive fan behavior like air horns, yelling insults, and confronting referees after the match.
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Based on the officials’ reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in Girls’ Softball involve persistent verbal abuse from fans—including berating umpires on judgment calls, questioning their integrity, and making personal attacks—which often escalates to the point of requiring ejection or police involvement. Coaches and players also contribute to the pattern, with ejections resulting from arguing calls after being warned, making personalized negative comments toward officials, and committing malicious contact or unsporting acts during play.
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Based on the officials’ reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school girls’ volleyball involve parents and fans verbally abusing officials—often with profanity, personal insults, and accusations of cheating—combined with coaches who refuse to accept rulings, argue calls aggressively, and sometimes throw objects or escalate to ejections, while school resource officers frequently fail to intervene or even leave the premises entirely.
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Based on the officials' reports, the most common unsportsmanlike scenarios in high school wrestling involve post-match outbursts, profanity directed at opponents or officials, and physical aggression beyond the normal competitive intensity. Multiple incidents describe wrestlers using explicit language ("fuck," "fucking bitch") after matches, shoving or punching opponents after the final whistle, and in several alarming cases, biting opponents during live action. Officials frequently escalated initial unsportsmanlike conduct penalties to flagrant misconduct ejections when wrestlers continued cursing, threw headgear, removed singlet straps on the mat, or engaged in additional physical altercations after being penalized.
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