Suspension Scope

When a player or team official has an ACTIVE disciplinary sanction in the system, it may be suspended, from participating in certain competitions, subject to restriction level of that sanction type (e.g. blocked in the match lineups).

The Suspension Scope jointly with the Sanction Competition defines precisely in which competitions the person will be suspended.

E.g. if a player received a red card in HNS U21 Premier Division 24/25 then by default the Case Competition and Sanction Competition will be HNS U21 Premier Division 24/25 (although it can be updated manually by Disciplinary Admins). Now, if the Suspension Scope is Organization Age Category, the player will be suspended from all U21 Competitions organized by HNS.

Below is the list of all Suspension Scopes:

• Competition Element - suspends a person only in the same competition (Sanction Competition), without considering other competition elements under the same Parent Competition.

• Competition - suspends a person in the same competition (Sanction Competition), or in any competition elements under the same Parent as the Sanction Competition.

• Competition Type - suspends a person in all competitions having the same Competition Type as the Sanction Competition.

• Organization Age Category - suspends a person in all competitions having the the same Age Category and of same organizer (having the the same Competition Type Organization) as the Sanction Competition.

• Age Category - suspends a person in all competitions having the same Age Category as the Sanction Competition.

• Organization Team Type - suspends persons in:

  • all national team competitions having the same Competition Type Organization as the Sanction Competition - if the Sanction Competition is a national team competition

  • all club competitions having the same Competition Type Organization as the Sanction Competition - if the Sanction Competition a club competition

Please, note that this scope makes sense only in confederations such as OFC, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, and it also differentiates between friendly and official competition types since suspension in an official match should not suspend person in the friendly match and vice versa.

• Sport - suspends a person in all competitions in the same sport (Football Male, Futsal Female, etc) as the Sanction Competition.

• Organization - suspends a person in all competitions of the same organizer (having the the same Competition Type Organization) as the Sanction Competition.

• Organization Hierarchically - suspends a person in all competitions of the same organizer (having the the same Competition Type Organization) as the Sanction Competition, and in all competitions of organizers that are above in the hierarchy of the Sanction Competition organizer.

• Tenant - suspends a person in all competitions under the same COMET Tenant (National Association or Confederation using COMET). This scope only makes sense in multi-tenant environments (e.g. LATA Cluster, OFC Cluster)

• All - suspends a person from all competitions (domestic and international) in a COMET instance. This option should be used with caution, as it may affect other tenants in a multi-tenant environment.