DP 1.0 DEFINITIONS

(a)           SAS: Saskatoon Adult Soccer Inc.

(b)          SSA: Saskatchewan Soccer Association.

(c)           SYS: Saskatoon Youth Soccer Inc.

(d)          SDSRAI: Saskatoon and District Soccer Referees Association Inc.

(e)           Participant: A Player, Coach, Manager, Team representative, Spectator, Volunteer, or individual member of SAS.

(f)            Discipline Administrator: SAS representative(s) reviewing the specific incident.

(g)          Subject: Participant(s) who requested a hearing or who were called in to a hearing by SAS.

(h)           Affected Party: Participant(s) that experienced some level of impact, or consequence due to a particular action by the Subject.

(i)            Referee Report: Misconduct Report, Match Report, or another form of documentation issued by the referee to the SAS office to indicate participant misconduct of some nature.

(j)            Discipline Hearing Committee (DHC): Members of the SAS Board of Directors, or other members of the soccer community who have volunteered to help decide outcomes of Discipline Hearings.

(k)           Season(s): Pertaining to either or both the Indoor league (October - April) or Outdoor league (May - September).

(l)            Foul/Abusive Language/Gesture: A word or gesture undermining a decision including but not limited to a disrespectful tone or gesture (motion of assigning a card, diving motion, applause), swearing at or about a person, event or under one’s breath.

(m)         Delayed game; a time-span of 60 seconds. More than 60 seconds is considered a delay.

(n)           Repeat Offenders: players that were previously suspended in the last 5 calendar years for the same offense unless otherwise specified.

(o)          Dissent: Public protest or disagreement (verbal and/or physical_ with a match official’s decision; punishable by a caution (Yellow Card)

(p)          Offensive, insulting or abusive language/action(s): Verbal or physical behaviour which is rude, hurtful, disrespectful; punishable by a sending-off (Rec Card)

(q)          Excessive force: Using more force/energy than necessary

(r)          Brutality: An act which is savage, ruthless or deliberately violent

(s)          Serious Foul Play: A tackle or challenge for the ball that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or Brutality; punishable by a sending off (Red Card).

(t)          Violent Conduct: An action, which is not a challenge for the ball, which uses or attempts to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent or when a player deliberately strikes someone on the head or face unless the force used is negligible