Global:Managing misconduct - Concepts

Concepts

1. Many sports include a mechanism for removing and excluding a player (being sent off) for misconduct for a period of time, or a game or two, such as the red card in football/soccer, or ejection from a gridiron football or baseball game, benching a player, etc.
2. If someone behaves unacceptably or violates the rules/standards, whether as a participant or a marshal, a warranted marshal can decide that they are no longer allowed to be on the field and exclude them from taking part for a period of time.
3. The exclusion could be as simple as sitting out a round to regain their temper, rehydrate and have some food, or could be longer, such as exclusion from the rest of the competition, the remainder of the activity for a day, or the rest of a multi-day event.
4. In addition to immediately removing an unsafe combatant from the field, long term sanctions can also be applied.
5. Marshals higher in the chain of command have the ability to exclude participants from a larger scope of activities or for a longer time.
6. If you are a marshal in the chain of command, and you don't feel you comfortable making the decision or are not sure you can make a decision fairly, you can and should recuse yourself (i.e. voluntarily excuse yourself and ask another marshal of the same or a higher rank to make the decision). If you are involved in the incident or have a conflict of interest, you should consider if you need to recuse yourself to maintain the integrity of the office. Conflicts of interest must be included in the incident reporting.
7. Any marshal can resign from a position at any time, without dishonor or penalty. (As per the Rule of the Lists - "No one may be required to participate in martial activities.") You are not required to marshal if you are not comfortable with the responsibilities, even if that means an activity cannot happen because there is no marshal.