Tournament discipline
1) The first time that a player is awarded a yellow card during a tournament the card shall be recorded in the player's record. Unless a player receives another card within the same tournament then no further action will be taken during the tournament.
2) If during the tournament referred to in 1 above a player receives a second or subsequent card, then the card shall be recorded in his record and a suspension equivalent to 60 minutes of tournament play (translated to an equivalent number of tournament matches and if necessary rounded to the nearest 60 minutes) shall be imposed by the TDC.
3) A red card given as the result of two yellow cards in the same match shall be dealt with as two separate yellow cards, i.e. a suspension will be imposed as in 2 above.
4) A red card given without a previous yellow in the match, i.e. for serious misconduct, shall have a minimum suspension equivalent to 120 minutes tournament play (translated to an equivalent number of tournament matches and if necessary rounded to the nearest 120 minutes) imposed by the TDC. A red card given in these circumstances shall be recorded in the player's record as being the equivalent of three yellow cards.
5) If any card is issued during the team's last match in the tournament the TDC shall not deal with the matter.
6) Any player who has four cards (or equivalent) recorded against his name shall be suspended for the rest of the tournament.
7) After the tournament the TDC shall report all cards to the EKA Secretary so that the cards can be recorded against each player's record and further action taken by the EKA, if necessary, under the totting up procedure as set out in the EKA Standard Punishment Regulations. The TDC shall also report any suspensions they have imposed and whether the suspensions have been fully served. In cases where a suspension has only been partly served, the TDC shall inform the EKA of the original length of suspension and how much has been served.
8) In the case of part-served suspensions the following table shall be used to determine the length of any suspension the EKA Disciplinary Committee needs to impose to complete the original suspension. Subsequent suspensions due under the totting up procedure will be added to any deficit.
|
Original punishement
Matches equvilent to
|
Amount served
|
Balance
|
Suspension still
to serve
|
| 60 minutes |
All matches |
None |
None |
| 60 minutes |
>= 50% of matches |
< 50% of matches |
None |
| 60 minutes |
< 50% of matches |
>= 50% of matches |
1 match |
| 120 minutes |
All matches |
None |
None |
| 120 minutes |
<= 50% of matches |
> 50% of matches |
2 matches |
| 120 minutes |
51-75% of matches |
<= 50% of matches |
1 match |
| 120 minutes |
> 75% of matches |
<= 25% of matches |
None |