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388-4 Contest Ejection a. Any contestant, coach, Contest Administrator, School Administrator or Fan who is ejected from a Contest for an unsportsmanlike act the first time during a sports season shall be suspended from the next interschool Contest (Home Contest for a Fan) at that level of competition and all other interschool Contests (Home Contests for a Fan) at any level in the interim, unless an IHSAA sport-specific rule or policy provides a different protocol or penalty for ejections. b. As an additional penalty, a coach who is ejected from a Contest the first time during a sport season must successfully complete the NFHS Teaching and Modeling Behavior course before returning to coach at a competition, and a contestant who is ejected from a Contest the first time during a sport season must successfully complete the NFHS Sportsmanship course before returning to competition. c. Any contestant, coach, Contest Administrator, School Administrator or Fan who is ejected from a Contest for an unsportsmanlike act a second time during a sport season shall be suspended for the next Two (2) Contests (Home Contests for a Fan) at that level of competition and all other Contests (Home Contests for a Fan) at any level in the interim, unless an IHSAA sport-specific rule or policy provides a different protocol or penalty for a second ejection.d. This penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties assessed.Q & AConduct - GenerallyQ. 8-1 Can a member School file a protest regarding the ejection of a player for unsportsmanlike conduct?A. No. A decision of an Official during or related to a Contest is final and binding, and an Official%u2019s judgment call, an Official%u2019s application or misapplication of a game or playing rule and an Official%u2019s ejection of a player may not be protested or appealed. (rules 9-5, 16-2, 17-8.1)Q. 8-2 During a Contest a coach becomes very disturbed with the officiating of the Contest and refused to continue play after half-time. Is this a violation of an IHSAA rule? A. Yes. This is a serious violation of the Contest Rule, rule 19, and should immediately be reported to the Commissioner by the coach%u2019s School principal. (rule 9-16)Q. 8-3 What action should be taken by the Contest Officials when an unsporting act occurs and a School%u2019s player or coach is ejected? And what action should be taken by the principal of the player%u2019s or the coach%u2019s School?A. Under the Conduct Rule, rule 8, a Contest Official who ejects a player or coach must immediately initiate an unsporting report with the IHSAA, and the principal of the player%u2019s or the coach%u2019s School must promptly submit to the IHSAA an acknowledgement to the unsporting report. The principal is also encouraged to have the ejected player attend the Contest(s), in street clothes, and sit on the team bench; an ejected coach on the other hand is barred from attending the next Contest(s). (rule 8-3)Q. 8-4 What action should a member School principal take when an unsporting act occurs involving a Contest Administrator or a School Administrator who is ejected from a Contest?A. The Contest official who ejected the Contest Administrator or the School Administrator shall immediately initiate an unsporting report with the IHSAA, and the principal, hosting the Contest worked by the Contest Administrator, or in the case of a School Administrator, the principal of that School Administrator, shall thereafter promptly submit to the IHSAA a response to the unsporting report. The reporting principal shall not permit the Contest Administrator or the School Administrator attend the School%u2019s next interschool Contest at that level of competition, and all other interschool Contests at any level in the interim, and shall enforce any other penalties assessed. (rule 8-4)Rule 8 - Conduct, Character, Discipline