action taken by the WVSSAC, the student’s performance shall be stricken from the records and the points contributed to the team total deleted. The team standings will be adjusted accordingly, and any awards received shall be returned. 8.3. When a student is declared ineligible subsequent to representing the school in team competition or a penalty has been imposed by the WVSSAC, the contest(s) may be forfeited. The team standing in the final standing will be adjusted, and the team awards and the ineligible student’s awards may be returned. 8.4. If a team, or student participating in an individual contest, leaves the playing area in protest and fails to complete the contest, the contest is forfeited and the school principal or designee and the violator may be required to appear before the WVSSAC Executive Director to indicate why additional action should not be taken. 8.5. If a coach is ejected from a contest and an assistant coach or assigned school representative is not available to continue as coach, the contest is terminated and forfeited to the opponent. 8.6. If a student is deemed ineligible under WVSSAC rules, but participates in interscholastic competition in accordance with the terms of a court order or injunction, and the order or injunction ultimately otherwise adjudicated so that injunctive relief is/was not warranted, any one of the following actions may be taken in the interest of fairness or restitution to the competing schools.: 8.6.a. Require that individual or team performance records achieved during participation by such ineligible student shall be vacated or stricken; or
8.6.b. Require that team or individual victories be forfeited to opponent(s); or
8.6.c. Require that team or individual awards earned by such individual or team be returned to the Commission.
§127-3-9. Game Officials. 9.1. All officials utilized in interscholastic games and contests in West Virginia must be registered with the WVSSAC, except in the case of emergency, §127-3-9.4 may be invoked. A game officials’ registration plan shall be established by the WVSSAC Board of Directors (Board of Directors). 9.2. Officials for interscholastic contests shall be agreed upon mutually by the competing schools at least two weeks before the scheduled date of contest. Coaches or other persons connected with competing schools shall not officiate at the contest unless all competing consent. 9.3. The host school initiates the selection of game officials. It is highly recommended that the host school contract officials for all interscholastic contests. Contractual agreements are between the school and the official. 9.4. The WVSSSAC Executive Director shall be empowered to authorize the use of non-registered officials for athletic contests where registered officials are not available and scheduled athletic contests risk cancellation. 9.5. All officials registered with the WVSSAC are subject to and required to abide by the rules and regulations set forth in these rules and the “West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Officials’ Handbook”, which is revised and published yearly. WVSSAC registered officials are provided the same opportunity for appeal of any decisions as set forth in the rules.
9.6. The official shall:
9.6.a. Attend a state WVSSAC rules clinic in the sport for which the official is registered. Failure to comply will result
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