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Code of Conduct

  1. Enthusiastically encourage your own team.
  2. Refrain from abusive or irritating remarks and booing.
  3. Accept the decisions of officials with good grace.
  4. Don't endanger the safety and comfort of the players or other spectators; for example, by throwing objects.
  5. All trouble-provoking noisemakers, signs, and banners should be avoided.
  6. Present your student identification when requesting student privilege.
  7. Any person obviously and intentionally violating the code will be subject to ejection from the event.

NJSIAA UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

  1. Any person (athletic department, staff member, student-athlete or a fan or spectator associated with a member school) who strikes or physically abuses an official, opposing coach, player, or spectator.
  2. Any person (athletic department, staff member, student-athlete or a fan or spectator associated with a member school) who intentionally incites participants of spectators to violent or abusive action.
  3. Any person (athletic department, staff member, student-athlete or a fan or spectator associated with a member school) who uses obscene gestures or profane or unduly provocative language or action towards officials, opponents, or spectators.
  4. Any school or athletic staff member who is publicly critical of any game official, opponents and/or opposing coaches/players.
  5. The administration of a member school will be responsible for the unsportsmanlike conduct of that school's fans or spectators.