IVY LEAGUE HANDBOOK:
4. Principles of Conduct (Committee on Administration; spring 1997)
a. Expectation of Good Sportsmanship in Ivy League Athletics
(1) The Council of Presidents has traditionally relied on the Committee on Administration to define appropriate standards of good sportsmanship in the conduct of Ivy League athletes, and that Committee has rightfully expected that the primary responsibility for assuring good sportsmanship among both participants and spectators should be and is assumed by the individual institutions.
(2) The Committee now believes that it is important to support institutions and coaches in this effort by stating explicitly that it expects good sportsmanship to be practiced by Ivy League administrators, staff, coaches, athletes and spectators.
(3) The Committee hopes and expects that it can avoid the need for detailed substantive or procedural rules, and that it can continue to rely on the holding by all Ivy institutions of a mutual sense of appropriate conduct, and on the taking by all Ivy institutions of appropriate actions to teach and secure such conduct.
b. Expectations for the conduct of Ivy League athletics
(1) Ivy League institutional administrators and representatives, athletic staff members, coaches and athletes are expected to abide by standards of good sportsmanship in connection with any athletic activities involving their institutions, and are expected not to commit, nor to lead others to commit, any act of verbal or physical abuse in connection with any such activities.
(2) This expectation includes both pre-and post-contest activities, and particularly includes activities relating to spectators and to officials.
(3) Each Ivy League institution should make this expectation clearly known, at the beginning of each year or season as appropriate, to its administrators, athletic staff members, coaches and athletes.
(4) The following statement shall be made or distributed publicly before the beginning of every intercollegiate varsity or junior varsity athletic contest held at an Ivy League institution (e.g., through a public address system, or by inclusion in a game program):
"Ladies and gentlemen, [Host Institution] and the Ivy League welcome you to today's contest. We ask that you join us and today's coaches, players and officials in practicing good sportsmanship in supporting your teams and in your conduct toward players, coaches,officials and other spectators. [Please note that the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages also are prohibited.]"
Home institutions may add to this statement as they deem appropriate. Decisions about facility control, and regulation and removal of spectators, are within the purview of the home institution.