Newberry College Intramural Sports Participation Guide

•  Newberry College Intramural Sports

Intramural Sports is a division of Student Affairs. The mission of the Intramural Sports Department is to provide competitive activities for students, faculty, and staff to participate in that foster feelings of community, sportsmanship, and achievement. In order to encourage all students to participate a wide and diverse array of activities are offered. . Participation in Intramural Sports is a privilege, not a right, which can be revoked or denied at any time. The Director of Intramural Sports oversees all campus recreation and reports directly to the Asst. Dean of Students.

•  Program Objectives

•  To encourage every student to participate in organized recreational activity

•  To encourage physical activity and good wellness choices in one's leisure time

•  To organize and promote competitive events between individuals and groups

•  To foster the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship among competitors and spectators

•  To provide facilities, staff, and officials for athletic competition.

•  Captain Responsibilities

The captain is responsible for his/her team knowing and complying with the rules, schedules of time and place of games to be played. An official rulebook or copy of the rules is available at the Intramurals office upon request. General guidelines are always given out before each season. Schedules, standings, and other information are posted and updated consistently throughout the season. Information is also available on the website.

Prior to any contest, the team captain is responsible for signing in their team and producing a valid NC ID card if asked. Team captains are also responsible for their team's spectators. A team captain and his/her representative must be present at the mandatory captains meeting prior to the start of the season. Failure to attend this meeting may result in the team being ineligible.

•  Sportsmanship Policy

Part of our purpose for intramurals is to provide an environment that is fun and safe. Therefore, sportsmanship is rated above all else. . Officials, staff, and administrators make decisions to ensure the “spirit of the game” is preserved. Teams, players, coaches, or fans may be ejected during a game for displaying poor sportsmanship.

Players, coaches, and participants shall not:

•  Use abusive language, threaten or abuse any player or employee before, during, or after any activity.

•  Participate in a game in which he/she is ineligible

•  Argue or talk back to the game official (the team captain may address an official in an appropriate manner)

•  Intentionally strike, push, trip, or contact any participant, official, spectator, or administrator to cause physical harm or may result in physical harm

•  Mistreat facilities, equipment, or supplies used by Intramural Sports.

•  Partake in or exchange verbal abuse. This may include language, obscenities, epithets directed towards race, color, ethnicity, religion, and sex.

Fighting : Under no circumstances shall fighting be tolerated. Participants involved in a fight shall immediately be removed from the contest and subjected to further disciplinary action. Any time a team (more than one player) is involved, the team shall automatically be ejected from the league until further review.

Any bad sportsmanship is subject to inquiry by the Dean of Students.

•  Eligibility

All current full-time students, faculty, and staff regularly enrolled in any department of the college are eligible to enjoy all intramural activities. Participants shall remain eligible until the graduate, withdraw, or fail to comply with the rules of eligibility. Again, this privilege may be revoked by the Intramural Department.

Part time students (less than 12 hours) are eligible provided that they:

• Are pursuing a degree in the year in which he/she is classified as a part-time student.
• Is enrolled in a departmental day course offered by the college to earn credit for graduation.
• Has accidental medical insurance
• He/She paid the college activity fee

Olympic and professional athletes, current or former, are not eligible to participate in their respective sports. Varsity players may not participate in their respective sports. A varsity team member is defined as anyone participating in one or more scheduled contests or attending one or more scheduled practices after the first scheduled contest of the school year. The player's ineligibility for that sport shall be in effect until July 1st of that same year. Red-Shirted athletes may participate with their coach's approval. Intramural teams are limited ton one red shirt athlete per team.

If an Intramural employee determines that an individual is attempting to check in with false identification in order to participate in an intramural activity, the ID will be confiscated and that individual will not be allowed to play. The intramural employee will then question the team captain. If it is determined that the captain was aware of the individual's use of the improper identification, then that team will forfeit the contest. In addition, any individual caught trying to check in with an ID card that is not his\her own has jeopardized themselves and the owner of the ID to disciplinary action by the college.

All team rosters are to be turned in and certified to the Office of Intramurals before the season starts. Teams may add players at any point in the season, including playoffs, so long as that player is eligible and has not played for a team prior. If a player wishes to be change their name to a different roster in the sport, they must do so before the second game of the season (for season sports), and he/she must meet with the Director of Intramurals prior to the change.

•  Forfeits and Defaults

A forfeit will remove the team from the playoffs. The team's re-instatement to the league is possible after meeting with the Director of Intramurals. If both teams fail to appear, both teams will be given a forfeit and dropped from the playoffs.

A Default is an unplayed game that is recorded as a loss, but is not considered a forfeit. A team may receive a one-time default if they are unable to attend a game. There are two ways a team can win a default. If the team:

Contacts the Director of Intramural sports 24 hours in advance

Arrives at the game with at least half the required players required to start the game.

If a team defaults twice, then it will be considered a forfeit. Two forfeits mean an automatic ejection from the league, as well as possible repercussions for other sports during the same academic school year.

•  Weather Policy

It is our intention to play every contest scheduled in campus recreation, however bad weather may inhibit our ability. If it is to be determined in advance that the field is unable to be played upon, then the captain of the team will be notified by phone. Players should ask their captain if any announcements have been made.

Games will not be played during the following:

•  Lightning in the immediate area (play will not resume until 20 minutes after last lightning strike)

•  Hail, or other unsafe weather

•  Tornado warnings

•  Protests

Only protests based on questions of player eligibility and rule interpretations will be accepted. Protests that challenge the accuracy of a judgment call made by a game official will not be accepted. The team captain must make any protest to the Site Supervisor at the time the incident occurs. Once a situation has passed, it is no longer subject to change or protest. It is the official's responsibility to inform the other team that the remainder of the game will be played under protest and that there may be a ruling which will affect the outcome of the game.

•  Appeals

Once the Site Supervisor has made a decision, the individual or team involved may appeal this decision to the Intramural Coordinator. The appeal must be brought to the attention of the Intramural Coordinator within 24 hours (or first business day) of the decision. Appeals will be reviewed and a decision will be reached.