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39Q. 8-5 If a student in One (1) sport is ejected from a Contest for an unsporting act, is the student suspended from the next interschool Contest(s) in just that sport or is the student also suspended from the next interschool Contest(s) in other sports in which the student may be participating? A. If a student in One (1) sport is ejected from a Contest for an unsporting act, the student would be suspended from the next interschool Contest(s) in just that sport. So, for example, if a student, who plays soccer and kicks for the football team, is ejected for an unsportsmanlike act in soccer, the student would be suspended from the next Contest(s) in soccer but would not be suspended from any football games. (rule 8-3)Q. 8-6 What is the penalty when a student or a coach is ejected from a Contest for an unsporting act for the second time during a sports season?A. The IHSAA Unsporting and Ejection Policy provides that a coach or student who is ejected a second time during a sport%u2019s Contest Season must purchase and complete the current edition of the NFHS Teaching and Modeling Behavior course, may not return to play or coach in any sport until the completion of such course and must fully cooperate with the IHSAA for purposes of its verification that the coach or student has completed the course. This is in addition to rule 8-4(c) which requires the principal of the student or coach to suspend the student or coach for the next two (2) Contests at that level of competition and all other Contests at any level in the interim. (rule 8-4(c)Q. 8-7 If a student is ejected during the last junior varsity Contest of the Contest Season, but there are several Varsity Contests left in the Contest Season (and the student is listed on the Tournament Series sectional entry list), may the student serve the Suspension during the next remaining Varsity Contest(s), and then be eligible to participate in the remainder of the Varsity Contest Season and in the Tournament Series? A. Yes, if a student is ejected from a Contest for an unsporting act, the student will be suspended from the next Contest in that sport at that level of competition and at any other level in the interim. However, if there are no remaining Contests at the junior varsity level, the student may serve the Suspension in the next higher level Contest(s) (here, the Varsity), and be eligible to participate the rest of the Varsity Contest season and in the Tournament Series.Q. 8-8 During the Contest Season a student is ejected a second time during the last regular Season Contest. When should the student%u2019s Two (2) Contest Suspension be served?A. The student shall immediately serve the Two (2) Contest Suspension at the student%u2019s first Two (2) Tournament Series Contests in that sport. If there is only One (1) Tournament Series Contest in that sport, then the student shall serve the second Contest Suspension at a Contest in that sport at the same level the following School Year, or if the student is a senior, the student shall serve the serve the second Contest Suspension at the first Contest of the next sport season in which the student participates. (rule 8-4)Q. 8-9 A Fan is ejected during a Contest. Is the Fan subject to any discipline?A. Yes, if a Fan is ejected, the principals of the teams participating in the Contest, or their designees, shall determine which of the participating Schools were principally supported by the Fan and the principal(s) of those School(s) shall suspend the Fan from attending the Fan%u2019s next Home Contest (see, definition), and if the ejectment was the second, or more, ejection during a sport%u2019s Contest Season, the Fan shall be suspended from attending the next Two (2) Home Contests. (rule 8-4)Rule 8 - Conduct, Character, Discipline