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Student-Athlete Conduct and Sportsmanship

SPORTSMANSHIP

The NCAA and Florida Tech encourage and promote good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and spectators at all Florida Tech events. Florida Tech is committed to promoting the fundamental values of respect, fairness, civility, honest and responsibility. We believe that athletics is an integral part of the student-athlete’s overall educational experience and strive to educate all participants in athletic contests to conduct themselves with civility, dignity, and respect for opponents. We define sportsmanship as respect for oneself, opponents, coaches, teammates, officials, and property. This focus on sportsmanship is further emphasized in our initiative and desire to develop the best student, person, and player. As Florida Tech student-athletes, coaches, and staff, we have the responsibility to represent ourselves, our families, our team, our department, and Florida Tech with the highest level of sportsmanship and character. Creating an environment that exhibits sportsmanship involves: 

  • Showing respect towards teammates, coaches, opponents, officials, and fans. 
  • Using appropriate language. 
  • Accepting results gracefully and with a positive attitude. 
  • Maintaining self-control. 
  • Refusing to cheer/jeer at opponent’s failures. 
  • Helping a fallen opponent. 
  • Handing ball to or retrieving ball for officials in a courteous manner. 
  • Refusing to be drawn into any physical conflict. 
  • Exhibit respect and courtesy towards all participants (coaches, student-athletes, and officials) and fans.
  • Exercise restraint in both physical and verbal actions toward others. 
  • Make only positive public comments about your institution, other institutions, coaches, and student-athletes 
  • Refrain from making public comments critical of officials or the quality of their performance.
  • Please be aware how your words and actions will affect your school, your team, and your reputation.

While representing Florida Tech, as a student-athlete or fan, profanity, racial or ethnic comments, other intimidating actions directed at officials, student-athletes, coaches, or team representatives will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition and other action at the discretion of the Athletics Department. Student-athletes who violate team rules or who engage in misconduct resulting in serious campus disciplinary penalties including, but not limited to, disciplinary warning, conduct probation or interim suspension may be subject to separate Athletic department penalties, at the discretion of the coach and/or administration, including possible removal from a team or reduction in or loss of athletic scholars