Sportsmanship Statement

BAYS Travel Pre-Game Sportsmanship Statement

BEFORE ALL TRAVEL GAME, THE HOME COACH MUST READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT 

BAYS expects the highest standards of sportsmanship from each of you.

Players, coaches, parents, fans, and officials should be positive and respectful.

Discrimination, criticism, or hurtful comments or actions of any kind have no place here.

Enjoy the game, have fun, and show respect for each other.

Process:  Sportsmanship Statement Reading & Handshake

Starting Spring 2025 -- All players and coaches must join together to read the Sportsman Ship Statement.

After pre-game warmups are complete, both teams and the referee crew will line up at the Halfway Line of the Coaches Sideline.  Led by officials, all players and coaches will walk across the field and line up facing spectators, 5 yard from the sideline. The Sportsmanship Statement will be read by a representative of the Home team (i.e. the head coach) to all coaches, players and spectators.  Following the reading of the script, players will perform a pre-game handshake. After the pre-game handshake, all players and coaches will return to benches and starting players will assume positions on the field of play.  

Below is the full procedure and sportsmanship statement along with a short video demonstrating this new process. To see a full list of the rules and process please see the BAYS website -- Rules Section 8: https://bays.org/book/bays-match-rule-8-%E2%80%93-reschedule-gamesplaying-schedule