NCAA 5-17 Verbal Abuse (Bench Jockeying)
Verbal Abuse (Bench Jockeying) SECTION 17. Game personnel shall not use language that will, in any manner, refer to or reflect negatively upon opposing players, coaches, umpires or spectators. Any orchestrated activities by dugout personnel designed to distract, intimidate, or disconcert the opposing team or reflect poor sportsmanship shall not be allowed. PENALTY—The umpire shall…
NCAA 5-16 Fight Rule
Fight Rule SECTION 16. The rules committee believes there is no place in college baseball for physical abuse of officials or fighting among opponents. A fight rule penalizes offending team representatives (e.g., players, coaches, athletic trainers, managers) for physical abuse or fighting. However, coaches must understand that they are responsible for the actions of their…
NCAA 5-15 Game Misconduct
Game Misconduct SECTION 15. a. Unsportsmanlike-Conduct Rule. No coach, player or team shall at any time, whether from the bench, the coaches’ box or on the playing field, or elsewhere: 1) Incite or attempt to incite, by word, sign or actions that dispute an umpire’s decision and potentially incites a demonstration by spectators; 2)…
NCAA 5-14 No Contest
No Contest SECTION 14. a. There shall be no forfeit of a contest until the umpire or other appropriate contest official has assumed jurisdiction of the contest in accordance with the applicable playing rules. b. When a team does not appear (e.g., due to weather conditions, accidents, breakdown of vehicles, illness or catastrophic causes),…
NCAA 5-13 Protested Game
Protested Game SECTION 13. a. For regular-season contests, each conference should adopt a procedure for protesting a game when a coach claims that an umpire’s decision is in violation of these rules/ Decisions on a protest involving nonconference teams shall be resolved by the secretary-rules editor of the rules committee. No protest ever shall…
NCAA 5-12 Forfeited Game
Forfeited Game SECTION 12. A game shall be forfeited only as a last resort in favor of the team not at fault in the following cases: a. If a team fails to appear upon the field or, being upon the field, refuses to begin a game for which it is scheduled or assigned within five…
NCAA 5-11 No Game
No Game SECTION 11. “No game” shall be declared by the umpire if play is terminated before five innings have been completed by each team. Exception 1—If the team last at bat is at bat in the last half of the fifth inning and equals, before the completion of that inning, the score…
NCAA 5-10 Tie Game
Tie Game SECTION 10. a. A regulation tie game shall be declared by the umpire-in-chief: 1) If the score is tied when play is terminated after five or more equal innings; or 2) If the team that went to bat second is at bat when play is terminated and has scored during the uncompleted…
NCAA 5-9 Halted Game
Halted Game SECTION 9. a. A game that has been stopped at any time after its start because of inclement weather, darkness, light failure or curfew may be continued by mutual agreement reached before the start of the contest by the competing institutions, or according to conference or tournament policy, to a predetermined point…
NCAA 5-8 Regulation Game
Regulation Game SECTION 8. a. A regulation game shall be nine innings unless: 1) Extended because of a tied score (see 5-8-d); 2) Shortened because (a) the home team needs none or only part of its half of the ninth inning or (b) the umpire calls the game after satisfying either “b” or “c”…
