STAND UP FOR RESPECT SPORTSMANSHIP: IT STARTS WITH YOU

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STAND UP FOR RESPECT!SPORTSMANSHIPIT STARTS
WITH YOU

• PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOLS
• Monroe County Public High School Athletic
  Association(MCPSAA)

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WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? COLLEGES

• FANS' BEHAVIOR AT GAMES
• BECOMING INCREASINGLY FOUL
• Whatever became of sportsmanship? Or civility?
  Or respect? In far too many college basketball
  arenas, those terms are yesterday's news. Fan
  misbehavior has become an epidemic. What once
  were good-natured fun have become over-the-top
  personal attacks on college students who happen
  to play basketball.
• Dick Jerardi, Philadelphia
• Daily News, March 24, 2004

While support of our team may be
well-intentioned, displays of profanity
simultaneously debase our team, our athletes and
our university. Dan Mote, University of
Maryland President
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WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? COLLEGES

• RIOTS, FIRES, DESTROYED CARS MARK FOOTBALL AND
  BASKETBALL GAME WINS AND DEFEATS
• University of Maryland West Virginia University
  Ohio State University

• OHIO STATE U FANS REACTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE
  ANNOUNCEMENTS REQUESTING PROPER FAN BEHAVIOR AS
  OFFENSIVE
• PARENTS RESPONDED NEGATIVELY TO CORREPONDENCE TO
  REQUEST THEIR KIDS TO ACT RESPONSIBLY BEFORE,
  DURING AND AFTER OSUMSU GAME

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WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? HIGH SCHOOLS

• A top high school basketball team was beaten in a
  game that ended in an on-court brawl among fans
  in which a coach was hit with a bottle and five
  people were treated at a hospital.

• In western Pennsylvania, a parent came out of the
  stands, picked up a basketball official and
  body-slammed him to the court. The official was
  knocked unconscious and suffered a severe
  concussion.

• At a NYS middle school at conclusion of a girls
  soccer game, other team ignored, called
  unmentionable names, gave middle finger and spit
  on hands before shaking hands of home team.

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WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? YOUTH SPORTS

• NYS Youth Soccer Referee
• Ive seen parents yell at kids (8,9,10 years
  old) for not passing ball to their child for
  missing shots for committing fouls. I have seen
  coaches turn their backs on kids after letting
  goals in.

• A Utah referee kicked by an angry parent after a
  youth football game gives up refereeing

• Deputy sheriffs patrol sidelines of youth
  football games

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SPORTS FANS BEHAVIOR LOCALLY LAST YEAR

• PENFIELD SPORTS FAN BEHAVIORS
• STUDENTS EJECTED FOR FIGHTING AT FOOTBALL AND
  SOCCER GAMES
• MOSH PIT RESULTS IN MINOR INJURIES TO SEVERAL
  STUDENTS AT ICE HOCKEY GAME
• STUDENT SECTIONS CHANT SEXUAL AND PERSONAL TAUNTS
  AT EACH OTHER AT BASKETBALL AND ICE HOCKEY
  CONTESTS

• FIGHT ERUPTS DURING ST. JOHN FISHER AND NAZARETH
  COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME
• SHERIFF DEPUTIES CALLED TO RESTORE ORDER
• BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND FANS DISCIPLINED

• SIMILAR BEHAVIOR BY SPORTS FANS IN OTHER SCHOOLS
  AND DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTY

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WHAT IS WRONG?
ITS NOT ABOUT THE GAME ANYMORE
WHAT ARE CONSEQUENCES?

• Increase in profane, aggressive, violent and
  destructive behavior, before, during and after
  the game
• Belief and attitude that this behavior is
  appropriate behavior for athletic competitions

• Increased costs of security
• In Penfield we reduced supplies 10, while costs
  for security have doubled
• Sports officials are quitting, along with some
  coaches and players
• Mental and physical injuries

WERE GOING TO TAKE BACK THE GAME
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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

• To be sure that we promote good sportsmanship,
  please reflect on your behaviors to ensure they
  meet the following

• Ask yourself are my actions
• HONORABLE?
• RESPONSIBLE?
• RESPECTFUL?
• And do my actions
• PROMOTE COOPERATION

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• If the answer to these questions is YES, the
  you will have helped create the proper arena for
  High School Competition.
• If the answer to these questions is NO, then it
  could be assumed that you wish to not participate
  any further in school sponsored athletic events.

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IF THE ANSWER IS YES. . .YOU WILL

• Applaud during the introduction of players,
  coaches, and officials
• Remove hats, stand and show respect throughout
  the singing of anthems and pledges
• Keep all cheers positive
• Accept decisions of official (s) and supervisors
• Remember the competition is a game
• Demonstrate genuine concern for an injured player
  (s), regardless of team
• Encourage fellow spectators to display
  sportsmanlike conduct
• Applaud at the end of the contest for the
  performance of all participants

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IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION AT OUR
ATHLETIC EVENTS, YOU WILL REFRAIN FROM

• Showing disrespect while teams are being
  introduced and when teams, cheerleaders, or drill
  teams are performing (ex. Chanting over a cheer
  holding up newspapers turning backs).
• Making derogatory chants, songs and/or gestures.
• Acting in ways that take away from the game (ex.
  Using names, numbers, nicknames or ethnic slurs,
  profanity, artificial noise makers antagonizing
  the other teams fans)
• Booing or heckling officials decisions
• Creating unsafe situations (ex. Throwing things
  onto the field moshing rushing field at the end
  of games)

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NYS PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONWHAT
IS SPORTSMANSHIP?

• Sportsmanship (noun) Sportsmanship is a
  demonstration of generosity and genuine concern
  for others.
• It is a concrete measure of understanding and
  commitment to fair play, ethical behavior and
  integrity.

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MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

• The MCPSAA has worked hard to create a sense of
  teamwork, respect, responsibility and
  perspective.
• Let all competitions reflect mutual respect among
  coaches, participants, officials and SPECTATORS.

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STAND UP FOR RESPECT!DONT BE A SPORTS BULLY
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BULLYING BEHAVIOR
A BULLY STUDENT OR GROUP OF STUDENTS CAN BE A
BOY OR GIRL CAN BE BIG OR SMALL
DOES THE INTENTIONALLY HURTFUL ACT ON
PURPOSE NAME-CALLING RUMORS PUSHING TRIPPING
KICKING SWEARING TEASING INTIMIDATING
LEAVING OTHERS OUT
REPEATS THE ACTION CAN BE IN DIFFERENT FORMS
HAS BEEN TOLD TO STOP AND DOES NOT BY OTHER
STUDENTS PARENT SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OTHER ADULTS
HAS CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL SCHOOL LEGAL
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SPORTS BULLYING
A BULLY STUDENT or ADULT GROUP OF STUDENTS
OR ADULTS
DOES THE ACT ON PURPOSE NAME-CALLING TAUNTS
HAZING PROFANITY INTIMIDATING THROWING THINGS
FIGHTING
REPEATS THE ACTION CAN BE IN DIFFERENT FORMS
HAS BEEN TOLD TO STOP AND DOES NOT BY REFEREES
COACHES SECURITY OTHER FANS
HAS CONSEQUENCES EJECTION-GAME SEASON
YEAR LEGAL ACTION
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STAND UP FOR RESPECT!
BULLYING IN PENFIELD
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STAND UP FOR RESPECT!

• SPORTSMANSHIP
• IT STARTS WITH ALL OF US!

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STAND UP FOR RESPECT!

• SPORTSMANSHIP STARTS WITH

ALL OF US!
COACHES
ATHLETES
OFFICIALS
SPECTATORS
PARENTS