Rules & Regulations
SMNLL Local Rules, Bylaws & Operating Rules
Volunteer/Coach Code of Conduct
The San Mateo National Little League Board of Directors has mandated the following Code of Conduct. All coaches and managers will read this Code of Conduct and acknowledge that they understand and agree to comply with it.
No board member, manager, coach, player, or spectator shall, at any time:
- Lay a hand upon, push, shove, strike, or threaten to strike an official.
- Be guilty of heaping personal verbal or physical abuse upon any official for any real or imaginary belief of a wrong decision or judgment.
- Be guilty of an objectionable demonstration of dissent at an official’s decision by throwing of gloves, helmets, hats, bats, balls, or any other forceful unsportsmanlike action.
- Be guilty of using unnecessarily rough tactics in the play of a game against the body of an opposing player.
- Be guilty of a physical attack upon any board member, official, manager, coach, player, or spectator.
- Appear on the field of play, stands, or anywhere on the Little League complex while in an intoxicated state. Intoxicated will be defined as an odor or behavior issue.
- Be guilty of gambling upon any play or outcome of any game with anyone at any time.
- Smoke while in the stands, on the playing field, or in any dugout. Smoking will only be permitted in designated areas at least 20 feet from any spectator stands or dugouts.
- Be guilty of publicly discussing with spectators, in a derogatory or abusive manner, any play, decision, or personal opinion on any players during the game.
- As a manager or coach, be guilty of mingling with or fraternizing with spectators during the course of the game.
- Be guilty of tampering or manipulating any league rosters, schedules, draft positions or selections, official score books, rankings, financial records, or procedures.
- Challenge an umpire’s authority. Umpires have the authority and discretion during a game to penalize the offender according to the infraction, up to and including expulsion from the game.
The Board of Directors will review all infractions of the Code of Conduct. Depending on the seriousness or frequency, the Board may assess additional disciplinary action up to and including expulsion from the league.
Questions? Email us at smn@smnlittleleague.com.