Mt. Laurel United Soccer Association Code of Conduct
Youth sports programs play an important role in promoting the physical, social, and emotional development of all of our children. It is therefore essential for coaches, parents, players and officials to encourage youth athletes to embrace the values of good sportsmanship. There is no better way to achieve this than by leading by example and demonstrating fairness, respect, and self control.
I therefore pledge to be responsible for my words and actions while attending, coaching, officiating, or participating in all Mt. Laurel United Soccer Association (“MLU”) events and shall conform my behavior to the following code of conduct:
1. I will not engage in unsportsmanlike conduct with any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee.
2. I will not encourage my child, or any other person, to engage in unsportsmanlike conduct with any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee.
3. I will not engage in any behavior which would endanger the health, safety, or well being of any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee.
4. I will not encourage my child, or any other person, to engage in any behavior which would endanger the health, safety, or well being of any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee.
5. I will not use drugs or alcohol while at a MLU event and will not attend, coach, officiate or participate in a MLU event while under the influence of drugs, or alcohol.
6. I will not permit my child, or encourage any other person, to use drugs or alcohol at a MLU event and will not permit my child, or encourage any other person, to attend, coach, officiate, or participate in a MLU event while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
7. I will not engage in the use of profanity.
8. I will not encourage my child, or any other person, to engage in the use of profanity.
9. I will treat any employee, coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee with respect regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or ability.
10. I will encourage my child to treat any employee, coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee with respect regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or ability.
11. I will not engage in verbal or physical threats or abuse aimed at any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or other attendee.
12. I will discourage my child, or any other person, with engaging in verbal or physical threats or abuse aimed at any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee.
13. I will not initiate a fight or scuffle with any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee.
14. I will not encourage my child, or any other person, to initiate a fight or scuffle with any coach, parent, player, participant, official, or any other attendee.
15. I will not disparage or degrade any other club, team, or player while I am participating in a MLU sanctioned event.
I hereby agree that if I fail to conform my conduct to the foregoing while attending, coaching, officiating or participating in an MLU event, I will be subject to disciplinary action, including but not limited to the following in any order or combination, at the discretion of the MLU Board of Directors:
o Oral or Written warning
o Suspension or immediate ejection from any MLU program or event
o Suspension from multiple MLU programs or events
o Season suspension
o Fines
o Permanent termination from all MLU programs and events
These penalties will be in addition to imposed league penalties, fines or suspensions.
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Parent’s Name Signature Date
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Report an incident to: [email protected]