YOUTH TEAM CODE OF CONDUCT
 

  1. No player will be dropped from the team for lack of athletic ability.
  2. Team is open to both young men and women.
  3. Use or suspected use of controlled substances (alcohol, other drugs, cigarettes for minors, etc.), or tolerating it in a teammate are grounds for a player to be dropped from the team. This matter is of such concern that a non-toleration policy is in effect. This means that knowing of a teammate using controlled substances and not reporting it, is the same as using it with the same consequences.
  4. Grades are a player's primary concern. Players should maintain at least a C average and grades will not fall because a player is playing Rugby. Call a Coach to let him know if academic requirements will prevent attendance at practice or games.
  5. Players will not be allowed to play without the following:
    • picture identification
    • CIPP registration *
    • medical waiver/permission form *
      * Unless a player is over eighteen, parents/guardians must sign these forms.
  6. No player will be allowed to participate in either contact practices, or games, without a mouthpiece.
  7. Players will wear the proper uniform to practice and games. At games exposed boxer shorts or non-black, or red, lycra shorts are unacceptable. All players will keep their socks up above their calves.
  8. Practices will start at 1600 hours or 4 PM. If the coaches are late, the team captain will start warm-ups and the standard drills.
  9. Racist, sexist, and bigoted jokes and statements will not be tolerated.
  10. Obscene, or profane, language as determined by the coaches is not acceptable.
  11. Fighting on the pitch will not be tolerated. If a fight appears to be starting, teammates will pull the offending player to a safe area. Fighting could get a player suspended from the league for eight weeks, two years, or life.
  12. Rugby is a game of gentlemen and ladies. Good manners are expected on and off the field, especially when a player is wearing clothing identifying him as a Rugby player for the Peninsula Ruby Club. Respect for the Referee is required by the laws for the players and expected by the club for the spectators (back talk, disrespectful behavior, or assault, either verbal or physical, will not be tolerated).
  13. Peninsula is a multi-team club. Adult functions may be open to the youth members, with the understanding that the above rules still remain in effect.
  14. As a club, all players are expected to assist the executive committee, of which the youth president is a member, whenever possible. This includes the routine, such as setting up the fields, or after game social, and the extraordinary, such as fund raisers.
  15. Players are expected to attend the after game social.
  16. In the absence of a coach, the Captain will be responsible for on the field actions, and the President will be responsible for administrative decisions.
  17. If a player is severely injured, a Coach or someone designated by a Coach, will take him/her to the hospital. An adult, generally a Coach, will remain with the player until either the player is released, or the parents arrive.
  18. All participants in Rugby will abide by the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union's Disciplinary Code and Constitution, and the Constitution of the Peninsula Rugby Club.
  19. This code establishes the basic contract for behavior on this team, for both the coaches and the players. Once a player joins the team, he or she has made a commitment to abide by these rules. On each parental permission form is a location where both the parents and players sign indicating that he or she understands the code, and will abide by it.