AUTOMATIC WATER POLO SANCTIONS

 

Text Box: Offence of ·         brutality,  WP 21.11 ·         misconduct,  WP 21.10 committed and punished by exclusion

 

 

Text Box:   NO

 

Text Box:   YES

Text Box: Referee to decide:– Is automatic sanction a strong enough penalty?

 

Text Box: Referee to submit Complaint to JA  under Judicial Law

 

 

Text Box: JA to refer complaint to Commissioner and so on, under the Judicial Laws.

 

 

Text Box: Referee to report to JA for automatic sanction on form supplied.   Details including contact addresses of player, club and competition needed

 

Text Box: JA to ·         record the report on database for reference ·         check database for previous offences ·         check tariff for correct sanction level ·         notify player, club, and promoter of sanction applied ·         copy to referee reporting the offence

 

 

Text Box: Sanction Levels Misconduct (21.10) : First two reported offences, an admonishment; for third reported offence, one-match ban; fourth offence, two-match ban. Brutality : First offence, two-match ban; second offence, three-match ban; third offence, five-match ban.

 

 

 

 


 

Text Box: Additional Info An appeal procedure exists for a player who thinks he has been badly treated by the system. Equally, if a referee considers the offence serious enough to warrant a heavier punishment than the automatic sanction, he may still report the incident as a complaint under the Judicial Laws – which may lead to a full judicial hearing (see ASA Judicial Laws and Rules in ASA Handbook for details). The referee’s role would then be limited to that of a witness.  Reported offences remain in force for one year from the date of a letter confirming the offence. Suspensions under 21.10 and 21.11 will be served in the competition in which they occur. The totting up system for reported offences applies to matches in ALL competitions. But any ban that accrued would be served in the competition in which the latest offence occurred. In other words, a player who, for example, has had a two-match suspension for brutality in the National League and then committed a second one in a Bristol & West League would miss three matches in the Bristol & West League  

 

 

 

 

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