Zero Tolerance violations by coaches and/or spectators needs to be reported by the Referee's of the match in each of their referee reports according to a sliding scale of 0 to 5 where 0 = no ZT up to 5 (most serious ZT violation). LAW #5 Referees/Refereeing Systems/Ejections/Game Report is in effect. A Guide for the referee's ZT numerical report follows, and specific comments are welcome:

Zero Tolerance Policy	Conduct	Referee Response
0	Zero Tolerance followed. No issues.	No response needed.
1	Simply asking questions about the call or the legality of the call.	At the referee's discretion, the referee may ignore or answer the question.
2	Continuation of question with mild (no argumentative) discussion.	At the referee's discretion, the referee may continue or end the discussion.
3	Failure to end conversation as Instructed by the referee and/or becomes argumentative.	At the referee's discretion, the referee may end the discussion or conversation, and admonish or issue a warning.
4	Defiant and very argumentative conduct.	At the referee's discretion may admonish, warn or issue a Yellow Card
5	Extremely argumentative. Foul or abusive language. Physical contact.	For argumentative conduct, at the referee's discretion the referee may warn, issue a yellow or issue a red card. For foul or abusive language and/or physical contact a Red Card and Ejection is required.

All Red Cards violations issued are reported to the Ejection Secretary, and at the referee's discretion he can report egregious misconduct or issued red cards to his Referee Assignor.

Dick Penta and Ed Mcdonald

Competition and Sportsmanship

02/06/12