1) Members of intercollegiate athletics should display proper respect and consideration, and maintain civility toward opposing coaches and student-athletes.

2) Coaches bear the responsibility of teaching the importance of sporting conduct and behavior in both word and action to their student-athletes.

3) There is no place in intercollegiate play for taunting, embarrassing or degrading an opponent or game official. Student-athletes who do so should be disciplined by their head coach in a timely manner.

4) Representatives of the NEWMAC member institutions will abstain from making any public criticism or condemnation of other member institutions, their personnel, the Conference in general and its office staff or game officials.

5) Coaches and administrators should make every effort to promote and support the Conference and its member institutions in a positive way.

6) Coaches and student-athletes must be aware and mindful that competing in intercollegiate athletics is a privilege, not a right. Their actions and attitude toward opponents, game officials and members of the media should reflect positively on their respective institution and the conference.

7) Institutional administrators and coaches are responsible for insuring that all parties involved in intercollegiate athletics – including student-athletes, athletic trainers, managers, assistant coaches, band members, cheerleaders and mascots are informed of the acceptable behavior that is expected of them prior to the commencement of a season, and that these same participants are made aware of consequences when failing to abide by such standards and code of conduct.

8) Coaches and student-athletes should be encouraged to live up to their own highest personal standard of sportsmanship, even when their opponents may not. Personal accountability and respect for one’s own standards must come first.

9) Both coaches and student-athletes should recognize and appreciate skill in performance regardless of team affiliation.

10) The responsibility to exhibit and develop good character and sportsmanship should never be secondary to the desire to win. The critical lessons and inherent value of sports are obtained through the competition and admirable quest of victory, rather than the outcome itself.