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Frequently Asked Questions

What are Intramural Sports?	Where do I pick up schedules?
Why get involved?	What happens if don't go to the captains meeting?
What sports are offered each semester?	What are sportsmanship points?
How many teams can I play on?	What happens if someone on my team is ejected?
How do I sign up a team?	How do we become eligible for playoffs?
What's the difference between Top Gun & Just Fun?	I'm interested in becoming an official.
How many people per team?	Do I need experience to become an official?
How/when/where can I add/delete players?	What is the policy?
What if I don't have a team?	My question wasn't asked!

Q: What are Intramural Sports?

A: Intramural Sports are organized leagues, tournaments, and sports activities that are divided into separate skill levels for all students, faculty, and staff to enjoy.

Q: Why get involved?

A: Intramural Sports offer activities that promote fun and fair play. Among other benefits, they are a great way to meet new people, relieve stress, build self-esteem, and provide leadership opportunities for those interested.

Q: What Intramural Sports are offered each semester?

A: Please refer to the Intramural homepage for a complete listing of Intramural Sports for each semester.

Q: How many teams can I play on?

A: Each participant may play on one same gender team and one co-rec team per sport per season.

Q: How do I sign up a team?

A: Follow these steps and you'll be playing in no time!

First download and print out an entry form or pick one up from the Campus Recreation office in 215 Boyden
Completely fill out the form with the team minimum required (different for every sport activity, check the individual sport page for more information)

Team name (please choose an appropriate name)
Player information
- name alphabetical by last name (same name as indicated on their UCard)
- spire #
- gender
- class year
- entry fees are necessary for grad/fac/staff or continuing ed students participating on your team. If the grad/fac/staff or CE student has paid for full recreation membership for the current semester, then no additional fee is required
Choose a division. You may enter one co-rec team and one gender specific team if both are offered. These must be two separate forms
Choose a seeding. Either Top Gun or Just Fun. This is only necessary for men's flag football, men's softball, men's basketball, and co-rec volleyball
For league sports, ask your players when they can play and then choose preferred three days and times
Fill in contact information. Must have email and phone (local preferred) listed. It is suggested that two captains are listed. It is easier for us to contact the team and for the team to make additions or deletions to their roster.

Write down the date, time, and place of the mandatory captains meeting
Turn in the completed roster
Attend the mandatory captains meeting
Check the make sure every player on your roster has been approved by checking your roster in the campus recreation office prior to your first game
Show up to play with your team a few minutes prior to game time to properly warm up and sign in each player with a valid Ucard.

Q: What is the difference between the Top Gun and Just Fun leagues?

A: Some pre-selected activities will use the Intramural Seeding System (ISS). These sports will be separated into two levels of play; Top Gun and Just Fun. Top Gun is the most competitve level of play. Highly skilled, experienced teams should select this level. Just Fun is more recreational and less competitive. Teams with novice players are strongly encouraged to select this level of play. Playoff criteria and the tournament format will be established at the captains meeting.

Q: How many people per team?

A: Check the individual sport pages. Most sports activities allow teams to have as many players on their rosters as they want, given they are eligible. There is a suggested maximum. You can have more than the suggested maximum, but if your team wins the championship, that is how many shirts will be given out (a few sports will indicate that there is a firm max, meaning there can only be a specified amount of individuals on a team).

Q: How/when/where can I add/delete players?

A: Players can be added/deleted through regular season league play. Once league play has concluded, rosters will be locked for playoffs. A captain listed on the roster form is the only person who is able to add or delete someone. To add a player, a captain must bring the individual's information (name, spire #, gender, and graduation year) to the Campus Recreation office in 215 Boyden prior to that individual participating and initial and date the information when finished. This cannot be done at the field/court.

Q: What if I don’t have a team?

A: All individuals who wish to play a sport, but do not have a team, may attend a singles meeting. For more information about singles, please go to the singles page.

Q: Where do I pick up schedules for the season?

A: Schedules are usually picked up at the captains meeting conducted before the start of each season. The captain or a team representative will be given his/her team's schedule at the conclusion of the meeting. Schedules are also available in the Campus Recreation office.

Q: What happens if I don't go to the captains meeting?

A: All teams are required to have a representative in attendance at the captains meeting. If the captain is unable to attend, there must be another player, friend, fan, etc. from that team in attendance to receive the necessary information and pick up the team's schedule for the season. This representative is then responsible for notifying the team of any changes in rules, policies, or procedures for the specific sport. If a representative is not present, the team will either be deemed ineligible for playoffs, or in the case of some sports, be dropped from the league completely.

Q: What are sportsmanship points? How are they related to Intramural Sports?

A: Sportsmanship points are the 0-4 scale (with 4 being the highest and 0 being the lowest) awarded to each team based on their conduct during any intramural contest. Teams are required to maintain an average of 2.75 sportsmanship points for the season to be eligible for playoffs.

Q: What happens if someone on my team is ejected?

A: An email will be sent out to the captain and/or the cited individuals the next school day (weekend tournament ejections will be handled by the tournament director). The email will tell the players to meet with the Campus Recreation staff on Friday at 2:00pm or by appointment (the player in question must set up the appointment). The team will be ineligible to participate until the player(s) meets with the Campus Recreation staff. The player(s) will also not be allowed to participate in any intramural activity until he or she has met with the Campus Recreation staff. Further sanctions may apply. See the Captain's Guide for more details.

Q: How do we become eligible for playoffs?

A: To compete in the playoffs, a team must have attended the mandatory captains meeting, have the required sportsmanship points, be .500 or better (some women and co-rec tournaments accept more teams depending on the number of entries), have no more than one forfeit, and pay the forfeit fee.

Q: I am interested in becoming an official. What should I do?

A: Any individual interested in becoming an UMass Intramural official should inquire in the Campus Recreation office in Boyden 215.

Q: Do I need experience in the related sport(s) to be an official?

A: No experience is necessary, but it is preferred. We require all of our officials to go through a comprehensive training program prior to officiating their first game.

Q: What are the overall policies governing the Intramural program?

A: Our policies and procedures are outlined in the Captain's Guide

Q: What if my question wasn't covered above?

A: Contact Campus Recreation at 413-545-0022 or email us at jasonink@admin.umass.edu