FYI: Here are the NCAA rules on fights.
Section 7. Suspensions for Fighting
Art. 1. Any member or team personnel who participates in a fight
(regardless of whether he or she is a player at the time) shall be assessed
a flagrant technical foul. No free throws shall be attempted by either
team when there are double flagrant fouls that are offsetting
Art. 2. The first time an individual participates in a fight during the
season (including exhibition games), the individual shall be suspended
from participating in the team’s next regular-season game (not an
exhibition contest), including tournament competition.
Art. 3. When an individual participates in a second fight, that
individual shall be suspended for the remainder of the season, including
tournament competition.
Art. 4. When an individual participates in a fight during his or her
team’s final game of the season, that individual shall be suspended from
participating in the team’s next regular-season game (not an exhibition
contest) for which that member or team personnel would be eligible.
Art. 5. When an individual with eligibility for the next season
participates in a fight during his or her final game of the season and that
fight is the individual’s second fight of the season, that individual shall
be suspended for the first three regular-season games (not exhibitions)
of the next season.
Art. 6. Any team member or other bench personnel under suspension
for fighting shall not be in the team’s bench area.
Art. 7. The referee may declare a forfeit when any individual fails to
comply with any part of the penalties of this rule.
Art. 8. After a game, conference offices or the assigning authority may
correct an error about who was involved in a fight but cannot change
an official’s ruling that a fight took place or lessen the severity of the
penalty. The conference office or assigning authority may make those
penalties more severe
The following apply to situations in which a fight has been reported by
an official during his/her jurisdiction. When a fight is not reported by an
official, the conference or assigning authority may invoke its own penalty.
For the rules on suspensions for fighting see Rule 10-7.
1. The official shall inform the offender(s), the head coach and the official
scorer that an ejection for fighting was issued (the official scorer shall
note this in the scorebook).
2. After the game, the referee shall contact the coordinator of officials/
assignor for the game and report all ejection(s) for fighting.
3. The coordinator of officials/assignor shall report the ejection(s) for
fighting to the conference commissioner or, if the offender is from an
independent institution, to that team’s athletics director.
4. The conference commissioner shall call and follow up in writing to the
following people:
a. The athletics director of the team whose individual(s) was involved;
and
b. When the opponent’s individual(s) was ejected for fighting, that team’s
conference commissioner or, when that school is an independent
institution, to that team’s athletics director.
5. Fight-reporting procedures should be handled quickly since the longterm participation of the offender(s) shall be affected by a second fight.
6. Related considerations:
a. The head coach should withhold the offender(s) from the next
scheduled game even if the conference or athletics director has not
contacted him or her.
b. Institutional and conference policy dictates whether a suspended
individual shall be permitted to attend a game from which he or she
is suspended. If the individual(s) attends the game, he or she shall not
be in the team’s bench area.
c. After a game, conference offices or the assigning authority may
correct an error about who was involved in a fight but can neither
change an official’s ruling that a fight took place nor lessen the
Last Edited: 1/31/2011 12:17:48 PM by Brian Smith (No, not that one)