Officials in my area are hesitant to "eject" a player. They call it a disqualification, when in fact, the act clearly fall under the criteria for an ejection.
In our state, we have to send in a report to the state office if we have a disqualification, or an ejection, so as far as "paperwork" is required, we have to do the same amount of work for either. So, why don't we properly report the act as an ejection? Are we trying to do the player "a favor" by just making him leave that game, instead of enforcing the rules?
We had a play last week where A45 struck player B32 with his fist. B32 retaliated by tackling A45 and they rolled on the ground together for about 10 seconds. The white hat advised both coaches that each player had been "ejected" from the game. When the game report was sent to the state office, the referee submitted it as a "DQ". Because of this, both players were allowed to play their team's next game.