Flagrant Fouls

Unsportsmanlike Conduct – A team can never benefit from committing Unsportsmanlike Conduct on a specific play. Unsportsmanlike Conduct includes all behavior unbecoming to the sport of ultimate, including abusing the rules or tactically fouling. The following acts constitute Unsportsmanlike Conduct:

- Aggressively attempting or making contact (e.g. throwing elbows, shoving or lowering a shoulder);

- Spiking the disc on or toward an opponent or in a way that can only result in damage to the disc;

- Disrespectfully addressing or continuously criticizing an official, or overtly indicating resentment to a call;

- Using profanity or taunting;

- Entering the field without an official’s permission;

- Marking in a way that the thrower cannot possibly throw;