Sportsmanship
SPORTSMANSHIP - Promoting Sportsmanlike Behavior Among Participants, Opponents, Spectators, and Staff
The mission of Intramural Sports is to provide a recreational environment for the University community which is safe and enjoyable. While the game atmosphere is often competitive, ensuring participant safety, providing a fun, social atmosphere, and promoting sportsmanlike behavior among participants, spectators, and team followers are among our primary goals. The game atmosphere should remain good-natured at all times. Participants shall maintain good sportsmanship throughout their participation in all facets of the intramural program. The Sportsmanship Rating System is intended to be an objective scale by which teams' attitude and behavior can be assessed throughout the intramural sports league and playoff seasons. Behavior before, during, and after an intramural sports contest is included in the rating. The team captain is responsible for educating and informing all players and spectators affiliated with his/her team about the system. A team is responsible for the actions of the individual team members and spectators related to it. The team captain's efforts in assisting officials/staff to calm difficult situations and to restrain troubled teammates are key to controlling team conduct. Sportsmanship is vital to the conduct of every Intramural contest. In order to encourage proper conduct during games, officials, administrative personnel, and supervisors shall make decisions on whether to warn, penalize or eject players or teams for poor sportsmanship. These decisions are final. The Intramural Sports administrative staff will rule on further penalties as a result of unsportsmanlike conduct. Each participant should choose his or her team members carefully, as all team members will suffer the consequences of any disciplinary action taken by the Intramural Sports staff against that team for violation of the intramural rules and sportsmanship guidelines. The Intramural Sports administrative staff reserves
the right to review any rating given to a team. Additional information regarding the rating method, factors, & scale can be found in the Sportsmanship section of the Principles of Intramural Sports.
Player Ejections — A player, spectator, or other visitor may be ejected by game officials or other Intramural Sports personnel for any conduct deemed unsportsmanlike or for not staying within the spirit of the rules. Any person ejected from a game or game site must leave the game site immediately. An ejected person is immediately ineligible for ALL intramural sports and activities, both in the sport of the ejection and all other intramural sports. Ejected persons must complete the reinstatement procedure within 7 days from the date of the ejection or will be subject to additional penalties including suspension from other Campus Recreation facilities and further action by the Dean of Students Office. An ejected person who does not complete the required steps in the reinstatement procedure will remain ineligible for all Intramural Sports leagues and events for the remainder of his/her collegiate career.
Administrative Promotion — To enhance the competitiveness of a division and/or the enjoyment of the other teams in the division, the Intramural Sports staff reserves the right to promote or demote teams among divisions, as necessary and without consent.
Playoff Draw Meetings — Team sport playoff meetings are typically held during the final week of the regular season. The playoff meeting date and time for each league is typically listed on the last week of the season schedule, available online at the Intramural Sports web site, or on the Intramural bulletin board in the lobby of Maggs gym. There is no rescheduling of playoff games once the brackets have been set.
The mission of Intramural Sports is to provide a recreational environment for the University community which is safe and enjoyable. While the game atmosphere is often competitive, ensuring participant safety, providing a fun, social atmosphere, and promoting sportsmanlike behavior among participants, spectators, and team followers are among our primary goals. The game atmosphere should remain good-natured at all times. Participants shall maintain good sportsmanship throughout their participation in all facets of the intramural program. The Sportsmanship Rating System is intended to be an objective scale by which teams' attitude and behavior can be assessed throughout the intramural sports league and playoff seasons. Behavior before, during, and after an intramural sports contest is included in the rating. The team captain is responsible for educating and informing all players and spectators affiliated with his/her team about the system. A team is responsible for the actions of the individual team members and spectators related to it. The team captain's efforts in assisting officials/staff to calm difficult situations and to restrain troubled teammates are key to controlling team conduct. Sportsmanship is vital to the conduct of every Intramural contest. In order to encourage proper conduct during games, officials, administrative personnel, and supervisors shall make decisions on whether to warn, penalize or eject players or teams for poor sportsmanship. These decisions are final. The Intramural Sports administrative staff will rule on further penalties as a result of unsportsmanlike conduct. Each participant should choose his or her team members carefully, as all team members will suffer the consequences of any disciplinary action taken by the Intramural Sports staff against that team for violation of the intramural rules and sportsmanship guidelines. The Intramural Sports administrative staff reserves
the right to review any rating given to a team. Additional information regarding the rating method, factors, & scale can be found in the Sportsmanship section of the Principles of Intramural Sports.
Player Ejections — A player, spectator, or other visitor may be ejected by game officials or other Intramural Sports personnel for any conduct deemed unsportsmanlike or for not staying within the spirit of the rules. Any person ejected from a game or game site must leave the game site immediately. An ejected person is immediately ineligible for ALL intramural sports and activities, both in the sport of the ejection and all other intramural sports. Ejected persons must complete the reinstatement procedure within 7 days from the date of the ejection or will be subject to additional penalties including suspension from other Campus Recreation facilities and further action by the Dean of Students Office. An ejected person who does not complete the required steps in the reinstatement procedure will remain ineligible for all Intramural Sports leagues and events for the remainder of his/her collegiate career.
Administrative Promotion — To enhance the competitiveness of a division and/or the enjoyment of the other teams in the division, the Intramural Sports staff reserves the right to promote or demote teams among divisions, as necessary and without consent.
Playoff Draw Meetings — Team sport playoff meetings are typically held during the final week of the regular season. The playoff meeting date and time for each league is typically listed on the last week of the season schedule, available online at the Intramural Sports web site, or on the Intramural bulletin board in the lobby of Maggs gym. There is no rescheduling of playoff games once the brackets have been set.
Sportsmanship Scale
5 Points- Excellent Sportsmanship
4 Points- Acceptable Sportsmanship
1 or two minor incidents but overall respectable to officials and opponents.
3 Points- Sportsmanship Needs Improvement
Received multiple warnings for disrespectful behavior and captain shows poor control over their team.
2 Points- Unacceptable Sportsmanship
Team constantly makes disrespectful comments to officials, opponents, or spectators and captain shows little or no control over their team.
1 Point- Season Ending Rating
Team is completely uncooperative and multiple ejections or blatant sportsmanship conduct that endangered officials, opponents, or spectators.
4 Points- Acceptable Sportsmanship
1 or two minor incidents but overall respectable to officials and opponents.
3 Points- Sportsmanship Needs Improvement
Received multiple warnings for disrespectful behavior and captain shows poor control over their team.
2 Points- Unacceptable Sportsmanship
Team constantly makes disrespectful comments to officials, opponents, or spectators and captain shows little or no control over their team.
1 Point- Season Ending Rating
Team is completely uncooperative and multiple ejections or blatant sportsmanship conduct that endangered officials, opponents, or spectators.