Disciplinary committee has been busy

The league has been emailing captains more frequently about what it believes are increased episodes of dissent and unsportsmanlike conduct. Last week, the league suspended a player for 3 games and put a team on probation until the end of Spring '08 for an incident in which a player threatened to throw down with a ref following a red card (the player admitted the error, apologized, and accepted the sanction). This week, the league issued an unprecedented indefinite suspension and team probation for another red card incident in which a player allegedly head-butted another player. See the commissioner's email below.

I'm glad we play fair and don't get into this kind of mess. Thankfully, we've experienced very little of it in our games.

Diplomats Captains,

I am writing in reference to the booking incident that happened during your game last weekend (October 7th) where one of your players (Travis Sheldon) head-butted one of the Prism players according to the referee reports. Aggressive actions such as these are absolutely unacceptable in our league and our Disciplinary Committee is in the process of gathering information to investigate the incident. In the interim while the committee goes through their process, in addition to the mandatory one game suspension for the red card, I am suspending Mr. Sheldon indefinitely. In situations like this, we want to ensure that we get all the accurate details of what happened, but have to err on the side of safety for our players. A violent head-butt is not only punishable by
the league, but it even verges on criminal conduct. In addition to Mr. Sheldon¢s indefinite suspension, the Diplomats will be placed on temporary probation. Any further disruptive incidents of any nature by any member of the team will result in further disciplinary action. If we find that the alleged actions have been somehow over-exaggerated or misconstrued, these additional interim sanctions will be lifted. As said, the disciplinary committee is in the process of gathering information and we hope to reach a punishment recommendation prior to the 10/21 games. Let me know if you have any questions about this
decision.

SanjayCCSL Commissioner