The Eastern Little League Board of Directors has mandated the following Code of Conduct for all coaches and managers. The Board of Directors will review all infractions of the Code of Conduct. Depending on the seriousness or frequency, the board may assess additional disciplinary action up to and including expulsion from the league.
NO manager, coach, player or spectator shall, at any time:
Lay a hand upon, push, shove, strike, or threaten to strike an official.
Be guilty of heaping personal verbal or physical abuse upon any official for any real or imaginary belief of a wrong decision or judgment.
Be guilty of an objectionable demonstration of dissent at an official’s decision by throwing of gloves, helmets, hats, bats, balls, or any other forceful unsportsmanlike action.
Be guilty of using unnecessarily rough tactics in the play of a game/practices against the body of a teammate or any other player.
Be guilty of a physical attack upon any board member, official manager, coach, player or spectator.
Be guilty of the use of profane, obscene or vulgar language in any manner at any time.
Appear on the field of play, stands, or anywhere on the Little League complex while in an intoxicated state. Intoxicated will be defined as an odor or behavior issue.
Be guilty of gambling upon any play or outcome of any game with anyone at any time.
Tobacco products are prohibited in the stands or on the playing field or in any dugout. Eastern Little League asks that you refrain from using Tobacco products in the presence of children.
Be guilty of publicly discussing with spectators in a derogatory or abusive manner any play, decision or a personal opinion on any players during the game.
As a manager or coach, be guilty of mingling with or fraternizing with spectators during the course of the game.
Speak disrespectfully to any manager, coach, official or representative of the league.
Be guilty of tampering or manipulating any league rosters, schedules, draft positions or selections, official score books, rankings, financial records or procedures.
Challenge an umpire’s authority. The umpires shall have the authority and discretion during a game to penalize the offender according to the infraction up to and including expulsion from the game.