Sample Warning Ticket to Hand to Spectators who practice poor sportsmanship at your games

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HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS REQUIRE POSITIVE SUPPORT!

IHSA BY-LAW 2.040 Sportsmanship of School Representatives

2.041
Students, school staff, boards of education, spectators and all other persons connected directly or indirectly with a member school shall practice and promote the highest principles of sportsmanship and the ethics of competition in all interscholastic relationships. The Executive Director shall have authority to investigate allegations and incidents of unsportsmanlike conduct or conduct which adversely affects the ethics of competition in connection with interscholastic contests. The Executive Director shall also have full authority to invoke penalties. In the context of the provisions of Division 6.000 of these By-laws, against a member school and/or individuals whose conduct in connection with an interscholastic contest violates these principles or ethics.

2.042
Member schools shall maintain proper crowd control and enforce the principles of good sportsmanship and ethics for all interscholastic activities. The Executive Director shall have authority to investigate reported incidents of unsportsmanlike conduct or conduct which adversely affects the ethics of competition in connection with interscholastic contests and shall have full authority to invoke penalties, in the context of Division 6.000 of these By-laws, against a member school which fails to fulfill its obligations as provided in this section.

Please support the players in a positive manner rather than possibly placing them in a position of being penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in the spirit of high school athletics.

(Name of athletic director)
Athletic Director
(Name of School)