The Code of the Game

Players live clean and play hard. Players play for the love of the game, winning without boasting, losing without excuse, but never quitting. Players respect officials and accept their decisions and never forget that when people judge a player's actions they judge not only the player, but the team, the Organization, the community the player represents.
Managers and coaches inspire in the players a love for the game and a desire to win, teaching that it is better to lose fairly than to win unfairly. Managers and coaches teach players and spectators to respect officials by setting a good example. Managers and coaches are the type of people they want the players to be.
Officials know the rules, are fair and firm in all decisions and call them as they see them. Officials treat players and managers and coaches courteously and demand the same treatment for themselves. Officials know the game is for the players and let the players have the spotlight.
Spectators never boo officials or players or managers or coaches. Spectators appreciate a good play, no matter who makes it. Spectators know that their community gets the blame, or the praise, for their conduct, and recognize the need for more sportsmen and fewer sports.
Athletics is supposed to build character but, remember that "character" is not just being good. It is trying to be better!