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With you on points 1, 2, and 4, but not 3. Players/coaches using bad language might fall under sportsmanship (I'd argue that's only the case in certain circumstances, and the rules set probably matters). A song using it really does not. I'd also argue that "inflammatory lyrics" is far too subjective. In fact, I'm betting most people here would have a completely different view of which songs should/should not be played than I do. No, I'm not telling you all what songs those are.
I was a bit vague on that … things that will earn you an auto-ejection on the field. Note that I didn’t say “obscene” because that will be in the eye of the beholder. I’m talking specifically about race, religion, gender, national origin, and I’ll add sexuality and anything that is a call to violence. Those are things that are only intended to taunt or inflame the other team.
Maybe I am a little more keyed in on that after an experience I had in Mississippi.