Question--ejection

[Matt Saracen]

NFHS rules:

Player A receives second, non-releasable USC penalty that results in ejection. Does the player serve the penalty or is another player selected to serve? Coaches choice? In home? Player on the field at the time? Obscure 4th line midfielder?

(Non-school club rules apply. There is no explicit rule, but standard practice in our league confines an ejected player to the bench area.)

If it were my choice as the coach, I'd make the player sit the penalty, but I want to do follow the rule/common practice.

[LaxRef]

NFHS rules:

Player A receives second, non-releasable USC penalty that results in ejection. Does the player serve the penalty or is another player selected to serve? Coaches choice? In home? Player on the field at the time? Obscure 4th line midfielder?

(Non-school club rules apply. There is no explicit rule, but standard practice in our league confines an ejected player to the bench area.)

If it were my choice as the coach, I'd make the player sit the penalty, but I want to do follow the rule/common practice.

The in-home serves if the player committing the penalty is not a player in the game. Once A1 gets that second USC, he is no longer a player in the game, so have the in-home serve.

The reason for this is clear if you think about an ejection for fighting: do you really want to put the two offenders in the penalty area next to each other so they can start fighting again, or do you want them as far apart as possible?

[flagman]

"NFHS rule 5-11 Ejection, Art 1 c Second non-releasable, USC foul
PENALTY: Three-minute non-releasable penalty and ejection for the remainder of the game.....The ejected player,...shall be removed from the premises if there is authorized school personnel present to supervise the ejected student. If no authorized school personnel is [are] available, the student shall be confined to the bench area."

I interpret ejection to mean another player will serve the penalty, which I don't find specified whether it is coaches choice, in-home, etc... At that point, I'm probably just going to be happy the "ejected" player is no longer in the game.

[Matt Saracen]

Makes sense. Didn't think about the fighting angle--that doesn't happen all that much. The popular trend in our area is USCs for language. (I'm not complaining--they're all deserved. I can't seem to understand why some of these kids just can't shut up. Not just my kids--league wide problem.)