Standard penalties for misconduct by a player.
 

Type#	Description of Misconduct	First Seasonal Offense	Second Seasonal Offense
1.1	First Caution	No action
1.2	Second Caution	No action
1.3	Third Caution DBR only	1 Game suspension
1.4	Fourth Caution	No Action
1.5	Fifth Caution DBR only	2 Game Suspension
1.6	Sixth Caution and any subsequent caution DBR only	3 Game Suspension
1.13	Dismissed for receiving a second caution in the same game for which neither of the offenses was directed at the Game Official (s) DBR of DBH if requested	1-Game Suspension	3 game Suspension
1.15	Dismissed for ?using offensive, insulting, abusive language and/or gestures directed at anyone other than the game official.? DBR or DBH if requested	1 Game Suspension	3 Game Suspension
1.17	Dismissed for Denying an opponent a goal or an obvious goal scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball? DBR or DBH is requested	1 Game Suspension	2 Game Suspension
1.18	Dismissed for ?Denying an opponent a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player?s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick.?  DBR or DBH is requested	2 Game Suspension	4 Game Suspension
1.19	Dismissed for Serious Foul Play DBR or DBH if requested	2 Game Suspension	4 Game Suspension
1.19A	Dismissed for Serious Foul Play where in the opinion of the Discipline Hearing Panel there was an obvious attempt to injure or a complete disregard for the safety of an opponent. DBH only	4-8 Game Suspension	8-12 Game Suspension
1.20	Dismissed for spitting at an opponent or any other person other than the Game official DBR or DBH if requested	4 Game Suspension	8 Game Suspension
1.21	Dismissed for Violent Conduct DBR or DBH if requested	3 Game Suspension	6 Game Suspension
1.22	Received a third dismissal in a season	A discipline hearing shall be conducted and the appropriate discipline shall be rendered.

Standard Penalties for misconduct by a Coach or Administrator

Type	Description of Misconduct	First Seasonal Offence	Second Seasonal Offence
2.31	Persisted in Misconduct after receiving a warning for misconduct from the game official for which neither of the offences was directed at the game official. DBH only	1 week suspension	3 week suspension
2.33	Used offensive, insulting or abusive language directed at anyone other than the Game Official.  DBH only	2 week suspension	5 week suspension

All of the above misconducts can be dealt with by the Leagues and in accordance with the published rules of the OSA.

How to request a Discipline Hearing?

The OCFL requires that the manager of the team requesting the hearing must contact the league within 24 hours of the incident. The contact is done in the following manner:

The manager can go to the website:  futsalottawa.com and follow the steps to file for a hearing

or

For the OCFL, the review board is made of three members, the head of discipline, the head referee and a third member who has no affiliation to the team or incident in question.

What to do if you get a Red Card at the League Level/ at the District Level?

All managers have been notified that in the event of a red card (straight red or two succesive yellows) the player is automatically out for the game that the infraction took place in, plus the following game. Further action may follow depending on the review of the incident report by the head of discipline.

A contact name and email or phone number of your Discipline Representative.

Tuhin Majumdar  at discipline coordinator

How to file a complaint to the League/to the District.

The details are all available to the managers and league coordinators on the website, futsalottawa.com

Suspensions.

The manager of the team from which ta player is being served with a suspension will be contacted in one or both manners:  via a phone call and or via an email.

Thank you

Tuhin Majumdar