Monetary Sanctions

As previously explained, a Disciplinary case can be opened against each entity in COMET.

For example, it can be opened against referees, coaches, clubs, but most frequently players. In addition to receiving suspensions for a certain number of matches or for a specified period, it is very common for Clubs, Players, or Team officials to be sanctioned with a monetary fine.

In accordance with the league competition rules and association disciplinary code, for each played match and round (after the referee makes it official by changing the status of the match), the system can be configured in a way to provide the following automatically:

• Default amount of monetary fine for a yellow card (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)

• Default amount of monetary fine for a red card (direct red vs 2nd yellow)

• Default amount of monetary fine for the expulsion of a team official

Furthermore, COMET can be configured to track the payment status of these fines and close sanctions once they have been settled in one of the following ways:

• Accepting electronic payments by Club for their own sanctions and hose of their players, coaches, staff and officials:Monetary Sanctions by Club Once the payment is made the sanctions are paid for, their status automatically transitions to CLOSED.

• Manually closing the sanction (changing the status to CLOSED), either by editing the specific sanction in the disciplinary case (one-by-one) or in batch by using the Monetary Sanctions Console (see below).

Close a Specific Sanction

You can open an active sanction, by clicking on it on any list of sanctions (My Sanctions, Monetary Sanctions Console, Disciplinary Case), then:

• Click the 🖊️ Edit button to change it.

• Click on Save as CLOSED

• Enter a Reason/Description (can be payment reference number) and Save

The sanction is closed and the changes are immediately visible on the list of sanctions.

Monetary Sanctions Console

As a Disciplinary Administrator, you can access the menu option “Monetary sanctions“ listed in the „Disciplinary“ module.

The Monetary sanctions console shows two distinct tabs:

1. „Active – unpaid“ sanctions

2. „Inactive – paid/canceled “ sanctions.

The initial screen immediately displays a list of “Active - unpaid” sanctions, along with relevant details for each one. If you want to consult the list of inactive – paid/cancelled sanctions, you can do it on the same screen with a single click on the tab “Inactive –paid /canceled“.

Clicking the ➡️ Right Arrow button takes you directly to the disciplinary case details, where you can view, edit or close the case/sanction.

To narrow down the selection, the list of active sanctions allows you to search by date and filter the list by any of the data table columns. If you would like to obtain the sanctions for a certain period of time, the System allows you to specify a range of dates (based on the date of the Disciplinary Case) and press the „Search“ button (see image below). The list will display only the sanctions that match your criteria.

The System allows you to close one or more monetary sanctions on this Console. A typical scenario for using this feature would be when a Club submits a payment (outside of the system) to the association for a specified amount to cover one or more unpaid monetary sanctions issued to the club, its players, or staff. In such a case, instead of manually opening one case at a time and closing one sanction at a time, the console allows the user to do it „in bulk“.

In order to close sanction(s):

• Check all the checkboxes next to the sanctions you want to close,

• Click the ✅ Close sanctions button at the bottom of the screen.

• The window for closing sanctions opens immediately.

• Complete the mandatory field “Date to“ and add a note (if required) a

• Press the ✅ Close button