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Unsportsmanlike conduct (also called untrustworthy behaviour or ungentlemanly fraudulent or bad sportsmanship or poor sportsmanship or anti fair-play) is a foul or offense in many sports that violates the sport's generally accepted rules of sportsmanship and participant conduct.
Under the Rules and Regulations of Tennis, [1] when a player violates a rule or does not follow the tennis code of conduct, the umpire or tournament official can issue one of the following (Section IV, Article C, Item 18 – "Unsportsmanlike Conduct"): "Point Penalty" "Suspension Point" Generally, this results in the following escalation:
For example, in basketball, a personal foul involves illegal personal contact with an opponent. A technical foul refers to unsportsmanlike non-contact behavior, a more serious infraction than a personal foul. A flagrant foul involves unsportsmanlike contact behavior, considered the most serious foul and often resulting in ejection from the game ...
Florida State head coach Mike Norvell was shown on the broadcast grabbing the flag at one point and told reporters after the game that flag planting “was not gonna happen.”
The $5,481 unsportsmanlike conduct fine, ... In one example, NBC notes that Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot was fined $13,369 for jumping in the kettle in 2018, but wasn’t fined for the same ...
"Unsportsmanlike behavior is unacceptable in the Southland Conference and the safety of our student-athletes, coaches, spectators, and officials remains a top priority.” ...
For example, the NBA changed the technical foul by DeMarcus Cousins for clearing Jeremy Lamb's loose shoe off the playing court in a Golden State Warriors v. Charlotte Hornets game on February 25, 2019, from unsportsmanlike to non-unsportsmanlike, rescinding the fine and the foul count, primarily over safety issues. [5]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The NFL confirmed Wednesday it has fined the Detroit Lions and New York Giants $200,000 each for excessive fighting and unsportsmanlike conduct during joint practices ...