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Middle School Sports Exchange __** MSE Statement of Sportsmanship **__

The purpose of an MSE event is to provide a venue for participants from the member schools to complete in an environment that is safe, challenging, professional and educational. Each participant is given the opportunity to demonstrate her/his best ability while maintaining a spirit of respect and co-operation with fellow participants from various international backgrounds. Each event involves students and adults in their different roles: these include the participants, coaches, officials and spectators. All those involved in the event are expected to uphold the same spirit of respect and co-operation. This spirit is demonstrated by fair play among participants, positive encouragement from coaches, impartial judgments from officials and respectful enthusiasim from spectators. The behavior of the adults is crucial to the successful educational aspect of the tournament. Adults act as models for our participants. Therefore profanity, deliverately making noises that distract and interfere with the performance of a competing participant, the condemnation of coaches or officials, or any behavior that is disrespectful or degradingto the AISC standard of sportsmanship, jeopardizes the purspoes of the MSE organization and most of all, jeopardizes the quality of the eperience for the participants. As the event ensues, we ask that all of our parents, coaches, officials and participants keep this vision of our purpose in mind.