Sportsmanship Expectations
Venue Information
All students are expected to adhere to the following expectations of good sportsmanship both on and off the play surface:
- Accept and understand the seriousness of your responsibility and the privilege to represent our School and your community;
- Live up to the standards of good sportsmanship established by your coach, our School, our conference, and the MSHSL;
- Be committed, dedicated and determined;
- Be chemically free;
- Display a willingness to learn and develop skills necessary for their sport;
- Learn the rules of the game and assist parents and fans by discussing the rules with them;
- Treat your opponents with respect;
- Refrain from taunting, trash-talking, or making personal or derogatory remarks or gestures to your opponents or their fans before, during, and after the contest;
- Refrain from intimidating behavior or drawing attention to yourself;
- Wish opponents “good luck” before a game and congratulate them in a sincere manner following defeat or victory;
- Respect the judgment of officials even if you disagree with their judgment;
- Win with humility; lose with grace. Do both with dignity.
Fan Code of Conduct
- All cheering must be positive and focused on BSM teams, not our opponent.
- Never single out a player, coach, or fan from another team or school.
- Never use derogatory, profane, demeaning, or suggestive language in any chants or cheers.
- BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE POSITIVE, HAVE FUN!
- Support school administration in their efforts to emphasize the educational benefits of interscholastic athletics;
- Respect the judgment and strategy of the coach;
- Be a positive role model through your own actions by censuring those around you whose behavior is unbecoming;
- Remember that you are at a contest to support and cheer for your team, their participation, and effort;
- Learn the rules of the game so that you understand what is going on;
- Respect the integrity and judgment of contest officials even if you disagree with them;
- Praise student-athletes in their attempts to improve themselves. Participation in interscholastic athletics provides learning experiences for students and mistakes are made;
- Recognize and show appreciation for an outstanding play by the other team;
- Show respect for opposing players, fans and coaches;
- Stay off the playing area at all times and refrain from throwing objects onto the playing surface;
- Show respect for property and equipment;
- Refrain from all forms of harassment or fighting before, during, or after games;
- Artificial noisemakers, including whistles, bells, horns and kazoos, are not allowed;
- Only approved signs are allowed at athletic and activity events.
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Weather Conditions and Competition or Practice
Prior to the start of a contest, the host school is responsible for determining whether or not the conditions present a threat to the safety of participants and spectators and will determine whether or not the contest will begin. Once the contest begins, the officials have the authority to postpone or suspend a contest due to unsafe weather conditions — that decision may not be overruled. School officials also still have this authority. On-site medical professionals should also be consulted and included in the decision-making process. The school President or their designee may overrule an official and suspend or postpone a contest once it has begun. In other words, once a contest has begun either the officials or school authorities may postpone or suspend a contest and cannot be overruled by the other party. When in doubt, err on the side of safety.
