We consider the following information important for you:
We stand for a safe and respectful sporting environment where everyone can enjoy participating.
By integrity we mean practising your sport in an open, honest, and transparent way. There are different forms of integrity violations. In the context of sport, we are talking about inappropriate behaviour, doping, match-fixing, and administrative and financial integrity. Inappropriate behaviour can take the form of bullying, intimidation, discrimination, aggression, violence, and sexual harassment.
The definition used in sport for inappropriate behaviour is:
Inappropriate behaviour is any form of action and/or neglect that aims to, or results in, undermining the dignity and/or safety of one or more persons.
Inappropriate behaviour can be divided into physical, emotional, or sexual inappropriate behaviour. Examples of physical inappropriate behaviour are hitting (with objects), fighting, or deliberately causing someone pain. Emotional inappropriate behaviour can include swearing, discrimination, bullying, and intimidating language. This behaviour can take place one-on-one, but social unsafety can also arise within a group.
Sexual inappropriate behaviour has its own definition and procedure and is explained separately below.
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Sexual harassment is a form of inappropriate behaviour. It can occur anywhere and take place between:
adult athletes
adults and children, for example a coach who makes unnecessary physical contact when giving instructions to a player
a board member who threatens to remove a player from the team if they do not respond to sexual advances
a trainer who sends sexually explicit messages to a player
The KNBSB has committed itself to the Disciplinary Regulations on Sexual Harassment of the ISR and to the complaints procedure handled by the ISR. The definition of sexual harassment in the Disciplinary Regulations on Sexual Harassment is as follows:
Sexual harassment is any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal, or physical behaviour with a sexual connotation that aims to, or results in, undermining a person’s dignity, particularly when it creates a threatening, hostile, insulting, humiliating, or hurtful situation.
Match-fixing occurs when the course or outcome of a sporting event is unfairly influenced by a participant (athlete, coach, umpire, or club owner) in order to gain an advantage for themselves or for others.
Match-fixing and illegal betting are not accepted in sport. Therefore, it is important that everyone involved in baseball and softball (athletes, coaches and other staff, officials, board members, etc.) is aware of the following rules:
Never take part in fixing an event.
Never bet on your own sport.
Never share information that can be used to place bets.
If you are approached to cheat, report it!
Match-fixing can damage trust in sport. That is why it is important that any suspicion of match-fixing is reported. The KNBSB has joined the ISR for handling complaints.
The ISR Disciplinary Regulations on Match-fixing apply.
The use of doping is against clean and fair sport. Doping is the use of substances and methods prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). It is therefore not only about substances, but also about certain methods such as blood doping or manipulating urine samples.
When it comes to doping, it is very clear what is and what is not allowed. This has been established internationally and is monitored in the Netherlands by the Doping Authority. The ISR is the body that handles disciplinary cases and can impose sanctions.
The ISR Disciplinary Regulations apply to doping violations.