DP 11.0 POWER TO ORDER

(a)           On Misconduct being proved to its satisfaction, a Discipline Administrator and/or Committee shall have the power to order the offender(s)/team:

(i)            to be suspended from all soccer activities either permanently, indefinitely or for a stated period of time;

(ii)           To be suspended from all soccer activity until specifically requested information is provided by the offender(s)/team, to SAS relating to the incident in question.

(iii)         to be suspended for a specific number of scheduled games in a designated competition(s);

(iv)          to be fined and/or bonded (with or without suspension), where the player is not a registered youth player, the fine amount to be at the discretion of the Hearing Administrator and/or Committee;

(v)           to be censured;

(vi)          to pay all expenses of the Discipline Hearing Committee which may be incidental to consideration of the matter (with or without any other punishment);

(b)          Suspensions: SAS adheres to Saskatchewan Soccer Association’s (SSA) Discipline Policy in regard to game suspensions and time suspensions:

(i)            Game Suspension - renders an individual ineligible to participate in a specific number of games.

(ii)           Time Suspension - renders an individual ineligible to participate for a set period of time.

(iii)         A suspended person must stay away from the field of play and may not be involved in team activities or interact with match officials or the opposition in any way, including:

(i)            Involvement with the team before the game, during the game, at half time, or after the game (including the handshake);

(ii)           Completing or signing team rosters;

(iii)         Acting in any manner that may be deemed to be coaching, including either verbal or physical actions, texting, or cell phone contact.

(iv)          Unless otherwise directed in the disciplinary decision, a suspended individual may attend games as a spectator.

(iv)          All Soccer Activity Suspension - includes all soccer related activity within a specified jurisdiction including, but not limited to, a ban from all playing, coaching, managing, organizing, practice or team training, and refereeing, and may also include specific limitations on interactions with youth and/or access to fields as a spectator and/or any other requirement as specified in the decision.

(i)            No player suspended provincially shall be eligible for membership in any other Member Organization within the province.

(iii)         Necessary members will be notified to enforce suspensions as required.

(c)           A Discipline Hearing Committee shall set timelines for the payment of any costs, fines or bonds, and may set further terms of punishment for non-compliance;

(d)           Suspensions shall be served for continuous period or for consecutive games, except where there is a break in the competition, in which case the suspension may be continued accordingly;

(e)           Suspension guidelines for specific offences are set out in Schedule A Discipline.  The SAS will refer to these guidelines when issuing a decision;

(f)            The Discipline Committee may, at its discretion, take action against any Club/Team whose participants, officials or spectators have been found guilty of misconduct and/or violence towards anyone present at a game and especially towards the game officials.

(g)           The following Discipline will apply to those players registered on multiple teams in the SAS League:

(i)            A player must register on a SAS Team in a subsequent season to serve any outstanding suspension.  Under special circumstances the Discipline Committee will review. I.e.: Inaugural season therefore lacking player history of team(s).

(ii)           Players receiving Red Cards will serve their suspension in consecutive games (ex. between all leagues - boarded, turf, masters, co-ed - if playing in more than one league) and not just with the team that they received the card with.

(h)           A player serving a suspension may not register with any other SAS Team while serving a suspension unless it is the team the player received the suspension. I.e.: A player may register for the team in which they received an Ineligible Suspension for not registering.