Youth "Game Termination" Rule for Fan Behavior
September 26, 2003

from a LaxPower.com report

According to a member of the board, "the US Lacrosse Youth Council has approved a Boys' Youth Rules addendum, recommended for 2004 and to be implemented for 2005, which involves several initiatives aimed at flagrant unsportsmanlike conduct from spectators and fans at youth lacrosse contests. New guidelines include encouraging each team to provide a "Site Manager" to help mitigate sideline misbehavior, an "Auxiliary Official" initiative to provide trained adults to assist on the field in the event one or both officials don't show, and a "Game Termination" rule that will allow an official to terminate a game for flagrant off-the-field behavior by a fan or spectator. Mechanics are being developed for the 2005 implementation of these initiatives. These guidelines will ONLY apply at the boys' youth level of the game (8th grade and under) and will appear in the 2004 NFHS Rule Book as a youth rules addendum."

 
 
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