YUCAIPA PREMIER LEAGUE

PLAYER CODE OF CONDUCT

**These are general guidelines to refer to on a player's code of conduct. YPL has the authority to review all player misconduct cases that are reported with the safety, integrity and moral manner of the league and its players involved.

Each reported player will be cited on a case by case basis for the overall safety of

Yucaipa Premier Leagues players, officiating referees and teams**

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RED CARD ISSUANCE

*Violation cards are issued by the game officiating referee(s) at their discrepancy and within their scope of training. Any complaint against a referee may be filed after the game and not discussed with the referees during game time.*

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• All disciplinary issues and red cards will review by the league board and may result in further action.
  
  Reminders:
  1. Team managers are the only people allowed to talk with referees or league admin during the game, at half time, or at the end of the game about a call/dispute on the field/ issues.
  2. Participants that receive 3 yellow cards during the regular season, will be suspended for one game.
  Two yellow cards during a game means removal from game and one game suspension.
  3.Straight Red card immediate removal and one game suspension
  4. Suspended players are not allowed at the field during the term of their suspension.
  Failure to comply will result in the teams forfeit.
  5.Managers  must sign game card after each game
     1. If any player is issued a red card, he/she is ejected from the complex at that very moment, which includes the parking lot, for the remainder of that game. Further suspension will be a review determined by the League board
     2. Any player who receives a red card suspension cannot return to the Sports Complex,Parking lot or any property thereof, for ANY reason until the suspension is served.
     3. Any player physically fighting will be banned for the season and/or may receive a year long or lifetime ban
     4. There is no sliding of any sort on the field. No slide tackles and no other sliding, period, in any circumstance on the pitch even if no opposing player is near the ball. Slips and accidental falls will be up to referee discretion. Goalies sliding are at the discretion of the referee as they require some sliding for position play.
     5. Players must sign in BEFORE the game. NO EXCEPTIONS! Any player not checked in will result in their team forfeiting the game and the player will receive a red card/ one game suspension.

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If any player is issued a red card, he/she is ejected from the complex at that very moment, which includes the parking lot, for the remainder of that game. Further suspension will be determined by the League Director.
Any player who receives a red card suspension cannot return to the Sports Complex,Parking lot or any property thereof, for ANY reason until the suspension is served.

• ALL CARDS WILL BE POSTED UNDER GAMETIMES AS SCORES ARE POSTED.

 

Overall Player Code of Conduct that may result in your dismissal or suspension of games and/or the league may include, but not limited to, are as follows:

  Verbal abuse toward fellow league players and toward refs; Extreme aggressive behavior towards other players and refs; Behavior that is unsuitable and deemed inappropriate while at the soccer field pregame and postgame that directly interacts with fellow league players and refs; Overall team safety of their players and refs; inappropriate behavior towards opposing teams during, before and after game; Multiple repeated violations that have placed the safety of the players and referees at risk and/or harm;

**Spitting, punching, smacking, sliding or any other extreme physical behavior will result in complete player termination from Yucaipa Premier League**

These are general player of conduct guidelines, players are not limited to these, as each complaint is reviewed by a case basis by Yucaipa Premier League Administration.

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NEW INFO FOR INCOMING/RETURNING TEAMS

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We will be playing at 2 sites this upcoming season (Spring 2023), Friday Division will be played at Yucaipa Community Park and Sunday Divisions will be played at Yucaipa Highschool.

*Please have your players park in the parking lots and not on the red curbs or driving areas.

*Have your team ready to play at the scheduled game times. Clock will begin promptly at your assigned gametimes as long as ref is present. Do not wait for the referees to blow their whistle to check in. Games will forfeit if teams do not have enough players 10 minutes post gametime scheduled start.

*To expedite registration please have as many players register online at www.yplsoccer.com 
 

***PLEASE READ ADDITIONAL INFO***
*All male players, returning and new, must show ID to verify age- men must be 30 years old and over to play in the current CoEd divisions.
*Fighting will not be tolerated this season and beyond. If a physical fight occurs, players involved will be suspended for the remainder of the season.
*There is no alcohol allowed on any of the fields that we use to play league games. If a team has open alcohol beverages among their players OR their spectators, games will be stopped and forfeited.

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