New Disciplinary Case

A disciplinary case can be opened against various entities in COMET, including players, coaches, and officials, as well as clubs. however, it is most frequently opened against players. The disciplinary case can be opened either:

• automatically: based on a card received on the match and Default Sanctions configuration: Default Sanctions

• manually in the COMET UI by the Disciplinary Administrator

Automatic Case Creation

Once the match is set to status PLAYED, ABANDONED or even CANCELLED, COMET automatically inserts a new disciplinary case with respective sanctions, for each card that the referee has shown on that match that has a Default Sanctions configuration.

The case can be created only once per card, e.g. if a match is set to ABANDONED due to weather, and the case was created, once it is later set to PLAYED a new case will only be created for newly added cards (after the initial match abandonement).

Most commonly, the automatically created sanctions based onDefault Sanctions are:

• Match Suspensions, e.g. the player or coach receiving a red card are sent off and automatically suspended from a specified number of matches.

• Monetary Sanctions, e.g. the player or coach are charged with a specified monetary amount that they (or more commonly their club) needs to pay.

In any event, the Disciplinary Administrator can manually update the automatically created sanction in the Disciplinary Case form in the COMET UI. E.g. due to severity of the offense, the Administrator can decide to increase the match suspension from 1 match to 3 matches, and the monetary fine from 100 EUR to 500 EUR.

Manual Case Creation

To open a New Disciplinary Case manually:

• Click the menu item New case, and the form for entering a new case will open

• Complete all mandatory fields (marked in red): select offender type (player, referee, delegate, etc.), then organization and competition, date and match, and a person (or any other entity) that has committed a foul.

• On the right side of the screen, there is a field for entering paragraphs that explain sanctions for certain fouls.

• Enter the date of a decision and describe the offence in the text box.

Once you have entered all mandatory data and pressed the 💾 Save button, a new case is stored in the system. The status is automatically set to "ENTERED", and the system generates a COMET ID.

Add a Sanction to a Case

To add a new sanction to the disciplinary case, click the ➕ Add sanction button under the Sanctions tab of the Disciplinary case form

• This opens a New Sanction pop-up window with details to fill in:

  • Sanction Type - applicable sanction types can be defined in Admin App, and they vary depending on the offender type, i.e. they differ for individuals and organizations.

  • Date from and Date To

  • Value (depends on sanction type)*

  • Suspension Scope (chose from a drop-down of Suspension Scopes) - mandatory - it defines in which scope of competitions the person will be sanctioned (marked red and/or blocked in match lineups). It is prefilled from Default Sanctions configuration.

  • Serving Scope (choose from a drop-down of ) - mandatory for Match Suspension sanctions - it defines in which scope of competitions the person can serve the Match Suspension. It is prefilled from Default Sanctions configuration.

  • Serving Team - mandatory for Match Suspension sanctions - it defines in which team the person can serve their sanction. The Serving Team is prefilled from the Case, meaning that the player initially can only serve the sanction in the team where he received the card.

  • Competition - mandatory for Match Suspension and Points Deduction sanctions - actual suspension and serving scope is calculated relative to this competition. It is initially prefilled from the Case, i.e. where the card was received.

  • Apply to all Roles - If enabled, the Person will be suspended in both Player and Team Official roles. Otherwise, the Person will be suspended from the role (Player or Team Official) in the case. It is prefilled from Default Sanctions configuration.

  • note (note field for your references)

• Once you have entered all the data, press the 💾 Save button