Bob --
 
The progressive-game disqualification structure is based on a year-by-year
timetable, with the exception of the carryover provision. Thus, a player who
gets a DQ as a sophomore is not "held liable" as a junior UNLESS the penalty
assessed (one game, two games, etc.) cannot be served during his sophomore
year. In that case, the player would serve the remainder of the penalty at
the start of his junior year.
 
Steve Hagwell
 
 
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> From:         Bob Griebel
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> Sent:         Saturday, December 5, 1998 11:01 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: multiple DQs?
>
> John Whelan wrote:
>
> > <<< Union goaltender Leeor Shtrom received two game disqualifications in
> >
> > tonight's 5-2 loss to Cornell (don't get me started).  The only time
> > I've seen this was in an ACHA Division II game, and the effect was
> > cumulative, one game suspension for the first and two more for the
> > second.  Does it work this way in the NCAA as well, or was this a
> > league rule?  I have some vague impression that each subsequent DQ in
> > the same season carries a longer suspension.  >>>>>
>
> ... which generated John's reply to himself:
>
> <<< "Union goaltender Leeor Shtrom was whistled for a pair of
> disqualification penalties and will have to sit out the team's next
> three games."
>
> Guess that answers my question.  It is cumulative.  >>>
>
>
> John, the NCAA rulebook goes to great pains to explain that the
> "progressive game-disqualification structure" increases the DQ penalty by
> one game for each successive infraction.  However, it completely fails to
> clarify whether the pointer for applying this cumulative count of offenses
> is reset to zero after each game, each season, or never;  i.e., does the
> progressive rule apply when a player is assessed more than one DQ in a
> single game, a single season, or a single four-year career?
>
> Clearly, the NCAA's INTENT is to apply it over at least a season, since
> the rulebook specifically lists the punishment for up to four DQs and then
> says "the progression shall continue beyond the fourth DQ."  Surely they
> aren't addressing a player getting six DQs in one game, though someone
> might take that position based on the rulebook's paragraph structure.
>
> The real ambiguity arises when you note the specific provision which
> requires that a suspension penalty which hasn't been completely served by
> the last game of a season must carry over and be served in the opening
> game(s) of the next season.  Does that also imply that the NCAA intends
> that the "accumulated DQ counter" is never reset to zero during the
> player's college eligibility?  Does a player who receives one DQ in his
> 4th season sit out 7 games because he had two DQs in each of his first
> three seasons?  Can't tell from the rulebook.  It could matter.
>
> Bob
>
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