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Be the Referee: Ejections

February 9, 2017

This week, MHSAA assistant director Mark Uyl explains the MHSAA's ejection rule. 

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Ejections - Listen

Good sportsmanship is at the foundation of what high school sports is all about. Whenever a coach or player is ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct or behavior, that individual is suspended for the rest of that day of competition.

In some sports, that means that they’re done for the rest of that game on that day; or in sports where there are doubleheaders or tournament play involved, the person is disqualified from that entire day of competition. The rule then also requires that the coach or player is ineligible for the subsequent day of competition, essentially being a one-day suspension for anyone who is ejected.

    Past editions
    Feb. 2: Wrestling & Technology - Listen
    Jan. 26: Post Play - Listen
    Jan. 19: Ice Hockey Overtime - Listen
    Jan. 12: Free Throw Change - Listen
    Jan. 5: Ratings - Listen
    Dec. 22: Video Review - Part 2 - Listen
    Dec. 15: Video Review - Part 1 - Listen
    Dec. 8: Registration - Part 2 - Listen
    Dec. 1: Registration - Part 1 - Listen
    Nov. 24: You Make the Call - Sleeper Play - Listen
    Nov. 17: Automatic 1st Downs - Listen
    Nov. 10: Uncatchable Pass - Listen
    Nov. 3: The Goal Line - Listen
    Oct. 27: Help Us Retain Officials - Listen
    Oct. 20: Point After Touchdown - Listen
    Oct. 13: Untimed Down - Listen
    Oct. 6: Soccer Penalty Kick Change - Listen
    Sept. 29: Preparation for Officials - Listen
    Sept 22: You Make the Call: Returning Kickoffs - Listen
    Sept. 15: Concussions - Listen
    Sept 8: Equipment Covering the Knees - Listen
    Sept. 1: Play Clock Experiment - Listen
    Aug. 25: Clipping in the Free Blocking Zone - Listen

    An MHSAA volleyball official is seated and looking something up in an NFHS rulebook.

    Be the Referee: Volleyball Serve

    By Paige Winne
    MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator

    October 22, 2024

    Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

    Below is this week's segment – Volleyball Serve - Listen

    We’ve got a volleyball question for you today.

    At the moment of the serve, which statement is NOT true:

    • All players, including the libero, shall be in the correct serving order.
    • All players, including the libero, are not required to be in the correct serving order.
    • No player, other than the server, may have any part of the body touching the floor outside of the boundary lines.
    • All players, except the server, shall be within the team’s playing court and boundary lines.

    If you said – all players, including the libero, are not required to be in the correct serving order – you are correct.

    At the moment of serve – all players must in the correct serving order and only the server can be outside of the playing court and boundary lines.

    Previous 2024-25 Editions

    Oct. 15: "You Make the Call" - Soccer Offside - Listen
    Oct. 8: Roughing the Passer - Listen
    Oct. 1: Abnormal Course Condition - Listen
    Sept. 25: Tennis Nets - Listen
    Sept. 18:     Libero - Listen
    Sept. 10:     Cross Country Uniforms - Listen
    Sept. 3: Soccer Handling - Listen
    Aug. 24: Football Holding - Listen

    (Photo by Gary Shook.)