This information is to guide the Member Association on how to add a discipline rule to a competition within the Competition Management System.
1. Edit Discipline Settings
Once a competition is created, navigate to the Discipline tab.
Under the page, you will be able to see the overview of the existing discipline rules of the competition. To add a new discipline rule, click on the Edit button and a new tab Discipline Settings will appear on the top navigation panel.
Ruleset (Definition) - disciplinary rules, cards and sanctions can be shared across competitions by designating a main competition for the rules.
Custom Ruleset - keeps the existing competition creation flow unchanged and allows creation of custom rules.
Inherited Ruleset - means the new competition will adopt rules from selected competition preventing the creation of custom rules being created.
In order to Inherit settings, there should be no custom card rules created.
When inherited settings button is clicked, you would have to select a competition from which card rules should be inherited:
2. Create rule group
Once you are in the editing mode, start adding a new discipline rules for your competition by clicking Create rule group button:
When setting up rule group you need to Add rule Group Name:
You can select the rules to apply either to the entire competition:
or to specific stages and/or rounds:
Please note, you won't be able to select a stage or a round if:
- There are active infringements
- It has already been selected in another rule group
Then add as many card conditions as needed, by clicking on "Add Condition" button:
Fill in the following details of the cards for discipline rule group:
- Offender Type (the type of person that the rule applies to): Player or Team Official
- Cards Type (the type of card that the rule applies to): Yellow, Red (any), Red (direct), Red (2nd yellow)
- Number of Cards (the number of cards person must receive to get a sanction)
- Number of Matches Suspended (the number of matches person will be suspended for)
- Disciplinary Committee review (required or not required)
- Card Counter Reset: Enabled or Disabled (whether the rule resets after requirements are met)
After filling out all the details, click on save button to save rule group you created.
Once Group Rule is saved, it will reflect in Discipline Settings screen:
Rule Reset - enable this if Yellow Card Rule is the same throughout the season, for example if 3 yellow cards always equals a 1 match suspension then select to enable rule reset.
If Competition Rule, for example is 3 Yellow Cards = equals a 1 match suspension, however if same player receives an additional three yellow cards that will equal a 2 match suspension, than Rule Reset must be disabled and a second yellow rule of 6 yellow cards equals 2 match suspension to be created.
3. Card counter reset
When editing Disciplinary settings, Card counter reset button allows Competition Manager to reset card counter. It would be triggered on the selected date and would apply for all players and team officials with accumulated cards that does not hold a sanction (For example cards are reset after quarter finals stage).
Competition Manager role is able to reset card counter at any point in competition.
If sanction have been created, it will be applied for that person no mater that cards have been reset. For example, player received a 3rd yellow card in quarter final, which would impose 1 match suspension. After quarter final cards have been reset, but mentioned player would still be suspended, as previous rule would put him in to sanction automatically.
Once reset has been applied, the ability to undo this change is only possible if all following matches after the selected date are marked as scheduled.
Date when cards are reset is shown on the left side when reset date has been created:
