If my memory serves correct, a "fighting" ejection is 3 games, and others are 2 games. Targeting is the rest of that game.
I will look it up now and edit this post
Ok, anyone ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct will miss the next game.
Profanity directed at an official will result in a 2 game suspension
Fighting results in 3 games.
In the VHSL handbook, this is 27-11-6
"27-11-6 Ejection of Player and/or Coach-Players and coaches who are ejected from a contest, scrimmage, jamboree or Benefi t Game for unsportsmanlike conduct and are ineligible for the team's next scheduled contest must be reported to the VHSL offi ce on the form provided on the VHSL website. For engaging in fi ghting (including throwing punches as an instigator, in retaliation, or intentionally kicking or stomping an opponent), biting or aggressive physical contact shall result in a three-game suspension (a player shall be ineligible for the team's next three scheduled contests) and a coach for a minimum of the team's next three scheduled contests. Profanity directed at a game offi cial will result in a two-game suspension. Student/athletes who leave the bench area and become actively involved in an altercation will result in a two-game suspension. Coaches ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct will not be physically present or communicate in any way with the team at that next scheduled contest. (For the purposes of this rule, a basketball player who collects fi ve personal fouls and must therefore leave the game is not considered to be ejected and is not automatically guilty of a sportsmanship violation.) Any player assessed two technical fouls is considered to have committed a sportsmanship violation and must sit out the next contest. The decision to eject and therefore suspend from the next scheduled contest(s) may be appealed by conforming with the following procedure. (1) The parents, guardians or coach of a suspended player or suspended coach must request in writing that the principal review the decision to eject. (2) The principal will review the facts utilizing available and appropriate resources and decide whether to appeal the decision. The principal may terminate the appeal at this point if there is insuffi cient merit. (3) If, after review of the facts, including consultation with offi cials, the principal concludes that the appeal is warranted, he/she shall contact the principal(s) or designee(s) of the other schools involved and present his/her case. If, after review of the facts, all principals or designees, together with the commissioner of the association responsible for offi ciating that game, agree that the appeal had merit and that because of an error or misapplication of the rules by the offi cials the ejection was not warranted, it will be sustained and the player reinstated for the next contest. If any two of the three individuals hearing the appeal agree that the appeal has merit but the other does not, the appellant may request a review by the VHSL Executive Director or his designee, who may sustain or deny the appeal based upon review of the facts using all available and appropriate resources. (4) If a player or coach ejection occurs at a state tournament where one or both principals and/or non-coach designee is/are not available and a VHSL-appointed sportsmanship or games committee is in place, that committee shall sustain or deny the appeal after hearing the facts from the appealing school, the appealing school's opponent, the game officials, the VHSL-appointed supervisor and event director.
Penalties: If the disqualifi cation occurs in the fi nal contest of the season (including playoff s and tournaments), the penalty shall carry over to the next sports season for students who are seniors in eligibility or to the next school year for underclassmen and coaches. A second violation in the same sport shall carry a minimum two-contest suspension (See 30-5-1 (14)). (5) The decision of the principal(s) or VHSL-appointed sportsmanship or games committee shall be fi nal. PM 27-11-6 (1) SPORTSMANSHIP RULE/Player and/or Coach Ejection Penalty (4-00)-Players and coaches who are ejected from a contest for unsportsmanlike conduct and are ineligible for the team’s next contest(s) . . . must sit out the next contest(s) played by the same team, meaning that if the ejection is from a varsity contest, the penalty is applied to the next varsity contest(s); a junior varsity ejection means the penalty is applied to the next junior varsity contest(s). Further, the penalty means a LOSS of one or two contests under the Contest Limitation Rule, and a player could not suit up for games at another level of competition to replace those he/she is required to sit out. PM 27-11-6 (2) SPORTSMANSHIP RULE/Player Ejection Rule (5-94)-The following would NOT be considered reason for player ejection for an unsportsmanlike act. (a) A basketball player who collects fi ve personal fouls and must therefore leave the game. (b) If a technical foul results in the fi fth foul on a basketball player and thus that player is disqualifi ed from the game but the act which resulted in the technical foul would not have normally led to an ejection. 27-11-7 Situations Which Must Be Reported to the League-Situations which must be reported to the League are listed, but not limited to those below: (1) Incidents involving damage to school property, including buses or other vehicles. (2) Physical or verbal altercations or other unsportsmanlike conduct between players, coaches, spectators or offi cials. (3) Verbal abuse by players, coaches, or spectators directed toward opposing teams, coaches, or offi cials. (4) Public criticism of offi cials by coaches in news media. (5) Coach ejection from the game. (6) Player ejection from the game. All situations which are a violation of the Sportsmanship Rule must be reported to the League. An initial report shall be submitted to the League offi ce within 24 hours with the complete offi cial report within 5 business days. Failure to report violations will result in a f i ne as stated in 30-5-1."
