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General Policies & Entering

COMPETITIVE RULES

Interhall
• Competition in all sports is open to Notre Dame undergraduates only and will be conducted on the basis of residency; i.e. players on teams must represent the same living (hall or off-campus) unit.
• Play will be conducted in accordance with policies stated.

Graduate/Faculty/Staff
•Selected activities are reserved for competition between Notre Dame graduate students, faculty and staff.
•Undergraduates are not eligible.
There are no other restrictions in this division.

Campus
• In certain sports, as indicated by notices, open competition will prevail.
• Rosters may be submitted containing players from any living unit and any classification; undergraduate, graduate student staff or faculty of Notre Dame.
• Holy Cross College students and Saint Mary's College students are ineligible.

Co-Rec
• All CoRec events are “Campus” events as described above.
•These sports may be entered by any Notre Dame student, faculty or staff member.
• Sports may impose gender restrictions and special rules to promote inclusive play in some events.

Registration Policy
• Most RecSports activities require advance sign-up in person at the RecSports Office.
• Dates are posted notifying students and staff when registration begins for a particular program as well as the deadline, if any.
• No entries will be accepted before the registration period opens.
• Groups entering a team for competition must submit their roster on an official RecSports roster form.
• All information must be supplied for each team member.
• If there is an entry fee associated with the activity, the fee must accompany the entry form.
• Only team Insurance forms may be provided to the captain at the time the team is registered.
• All insurance forms and waivers must be completed before a team’s first game. • For further information on insurance requirements, please refer to "Medical Policy and Student Insurance Coverage".
• Individuals may register for individual, or dual, competitions as well as clinics, classes, trips or special events. Insurance information and any related fees are required at the time of registration.
• Team members may play for only one team per activity.
• Failure to complete all registration and insurance forms may result in name or team being removed from competition. Teams using ineligible playersare subject to forfeit all contests in which individual participates.

Important
All Interhall Rosters must be approved and signed by the team captain. Hall Rector must sign and initial all rosters from their hall.

Signing Up Others
• Individuals may sign up other eligible students or staff for individual or dual sports, classes, clinics, trips or special events. All necessary fees must be paid at the time of registration.
• If a person is registered for an event by someone else, it is the registered person's responsibility to complete the insurance requirements before participating.
• All insurance requirements must be met by the team’s first contest. If insurance forms have not been completed by this time, the individual may be removed from the participant list and not be allowed to compete.

INTRAMURAL ELIGIBILITY

Undergraduate/Interhall - This division requires individuals and teams to represent their living unit in undergraduate only competition. Notre Dame Students only.

• All full-time bona fide Notre Dame undergraduate students will be allowed to participate, except as otherwise indicated in this text. (see “Who is Not Eligible”)
• A player must compete for the hall in which he/she resides. Off-Campus undergraduates may choose to play for an Off-Campus team, or with hall approval, may play as a member of their former hall team. Hall rosters must indicate any members who do not reside in the hall and be approved by the Rector.
• If a member of a hall team moves from one hall to another during a sport season, he/she may join the new hall team in that particular sport. He/she is permitted to finish the remainder of the season with the original hall, but will not be eligible for future competition as a member of the original hall.
• Team members may play for only one team per activity.
• Team coaches, captains, managers and athletic commissioners are responsible for the establishment of the eligibility of the players on their rosters. If an ineligible player’s name is found on a roster, the team will forfeit all games in the season. For individual and dual competition, each individual is responsible for his/her own eligibility.
• Every competing unit must submit a roster or list of entries for any sport prior to the entry deadline. Roster adjustments may be made before the start of the first scheduled contest.
• A student must have participated in at least two regular season games or contests before he/she is eligible to compete in any playoff or championship contest.
• Varsity athletes may participate in sports other than the one in which he/she has varsity status and any related sports.
• Varsity athletes should obtain their varsity coach’s approval before participating in RecSports events.

Graduate Students/Faculty/Staff - All Notre Dame graduate students, faculty and staff are eligible for this division Teams may represent one or more departments.

• All bona fide Notre Dame Graduate Students, Faculty and Staff personnel are eligible for participation in the Graduate/Faculty/Staff program.
• Teams may be comprised of members of one or more departments.
• Team coaches, captains and managers are responsible for the establishment of the eligibility of the players on their rosters. If an ineligible player’s name is found on a roster, the team will forfeit all games in the season. For individual and dual competition, individuals are responsible for his/her own eligibility.
• Team members may play for only one team per activity

CoRec - In this division each sport has independent rules addressing fair play and inclusion. There are no other restrictions.

• Only open to Notre Dame Students, Faculty and Staff. There are no living unit or departmental restrictions in this division. Any combination of groups or individuals may form a team.
• Each sport will have gender roster limitations and special rules.
• Team members may play for only one team per activity.

Campus - Any individual or group of Notre Dame students, faculty or staff may enter this division. There are no living unit or departmental restrictions in this division. Any combination of groups or individuals may form a team.

Saint Mary's College Participation
Generally Saint Mary's students, faculty and staff are not eligible for RecSports programs, however, there are exceptions such as the Domer Runs, Late Night Olympics and Christmas in April Benefit Runs. Saint Mary's students are also eligible to participate on Club Sport teams. All Saint Mary's students, faculty and staff are ineligible for intramurals administered through RecSports.

Postponements

•No regularly scheduled game or contest may be postponed without the consent of the Director or Assistant Director, Intramurals.
• Individuals and teams are warned not to accept notification of a postponement from anyone except members of the Recreational Sports staff.
• Any request for rescheduling games or contests, must be filed with the Office of Recreational Sports no less than 24 hours before the game or contest is to take place.
• Typically, reschedules are not permitted in officiated sports.
• Any request for postponement will be considered only after the consent of both individuals or teams involved has been secured.
• All postponed games or contests must be played before the league schedule is completed. If reschedule dates are built into the schedule, the rescheduled game must be played on one of those dates. If rescheduled games are not played before the last game of the season, the team requesting the reschedule will receive a forfeit loss.
• Any game or contest postponed by the Office of Recreational Sports because of inclement weather, conflicts, etc., will be rescheduled by the Sport Supervisor if possible, and the team captains will be notified of the rescheduled dates.
• In such cases where it is an impossibility to complete a game or contest already started because of inclement weather or darkness, the Department shall reschedule it and the game or contest shall be completed. If a game is called after it is more than half completed, the result is final.

Who is NOT Eligible for Interhall Competition.

• A student who has won a monogram or letter from any college or university granting a standard baccalaureate degree shall not be eligible for Interhall athletic competition in that sport or related sports.
• A student on an athletic scholarship may not participate in that Interhall sport or related sports.
• Students who have participated in a varsity practice or game after its first regular season varsity game are considered ineligible for the Interhall sport or related sports during the same academic year.
• Professional athletes are ineligible to participate in the sport or sports related to the sport in which they have played professionally.
• A student participating under an assumed name shall be barred from all Interhall athletic competition for the current year.
• Graduate students, faculty and staff are ineligible to participate in the Interhall athletic program. Special cases may be appealed with the completion of a Roster Exemption from.
• Teams may not play ineligible players, even by mutual consent of both team captains, and other players in contests.
•A varsity athlete may participate in sports other than the one in which he/she has varsity status.

Protests Involving Contests

• All protests shall be in writing and must be submitted to the Office of Recreational Sports within 24 hours of contest in question.
• .No protest will be considered which concerns itself solely with the judgment on the part of the official(s) in charge of a contest.
• If the eligibility of a player is questioned, that player must be pointed out to the game official(s) during the contest or proof of participation must be possible. An eye witness does not constitute proof. The player in question must produce their Notre Dame ID immediately. All players are required to have thieir Notre Dame IDs in their possession.
• A player whose eligibility has been questioned must present himself or herself to the Office of Recreational Sports within 24 hours after being notified. (If a weekend, the following Monday).
• If a player fails to report to the Office of Recreational Sports, it will be presumed that the player is ineligible and the contest in question will be forfeited.
•.If a rule application is protested, the supervisor must render a decision on site and that decision will stand, right or wrong.

Forfeits
Forfeits have a detrimental effect on intramural sport programs and are a frustrating experience to those individuals or teams who were ready to play and no opponent appeared. For these reasons, the following policies will be strictly adhered to:

• Captain’s meetings for team sports are mandatory. A representative from each team must be present. Should a team miss its captains meeting they may be disqualified from competition or penalized in some way.
• If a contestant or a team fails to appear at the scheduled place within five minutes after the scheduled time for a contest, the supervisor will forfeit the contest to the individual or team ready to play.
• A competing unit playing an ineligible player shall forfeit all contests in which the ineligible player participated, and the ineligible player is barred from competition in that sport for the rest of the schedule.
• Any individuals or teams leaving the field of play before a contest is completed or halted by the proper officials, will forfeit all future rights to compete in the intramural program.
• Any team that forfeits two games or contests will automatically be eliminated from all further competition in that sport, and their remaining opponents shall receive a forfeit victory.
• If both contestants or teams fail to appear at the scheduled site within five minutes after the scheduled time for the contest, both will be charged with a forfeit.
• Any violation of posted rules or regulations shall be grounds for forfeiture of the contest involved.
• To win a contest, game or match by forfeit, a regulation team in a sport must be present and ready to play at the scheduled time.
• Forfeited contests will not be rescheduled.
• If a team should voluntarily drop out of their scheduled competition, their remaining opponents shall receive a forfeit victory.
• Any individual or team competing with unauthorized equipment will forfeit that contest. Teams may not substitute personal equipment for that issued by Recreational Sports. Uniforms may not show sponsor names other than University sponsorship.

Protest Procedures

• Protests must be filed as outlined. Eligibility is the only protest that will be considered after the completion of the contest.
• If necessary, a protest board will be convened at the earliest possible date.
• The protest board will be comprised of the Assistant Director (non-voting chairman), and five Hall Athletic Commissioners (randomly picked, excluding any representatives of halls involved in the protest).
• Three representatives from each team, a player in question and the officials involved in the protested contest shall be permitted to present their version of the case to the protest board.
• The protest board acts in an advisory capacity only and will render their opinion to the Director.
Two (2) forfeits will result in elimination from further play