Section 1.  All current students, faculty members and staff (full or part-time) of Furman University shall be eligible to enter any activity in the intramural sports program except as provided for later in this article.

            Section 2.  A teams legal roster will be the initial names on the entry forms and any names added to the roster prior to the first league game.  However, the initial league roster must contain at least the required number of players to participate in that sport. 

            Section 3.  An individual may only play in one division (in addition to 1 co-rec team) and on only one team for each activity.  The first team that the individual plays for is considered the legal team.  

            Section 4.  Sorority and fraternity teams are limited to full dues paying members from the previous year on their Championship League teams.   However, at the start of the Spring semester, a fraternity/sorority may add up to 5 Fall semester initiates to compete in the Championship league.  Freshmen may not play for a sorority/fraternity team in the Championship league.

            Section 5.  A student, who is a member of a varsity team or junior varsity team  cannot participate in that sport or its equivalent for that school year in the intramural sports program.

            Section 6.  A student, who practiced with a varsity or junior varsity team for ten days or more during the year, cannot participate in that sport or its equivalent for that school year in the intramural sports program.

            Section 7.  A student, who has an athletic scholarship, cannot participate in that sport or its equivalent for that school year in the intramural sports program.

            Section 8.  A student, who has been a professional athlete, may never participate in that sport or its equivalent in the intramural sports program.

           Section 9.  A student, who played in varsity contests the previous year(s)
           is/are ineligible to participate in that sport or its equivalent if, according
           to NCAA rules would not be eligible for a medical red-shirt.                     

           The following scale will be used:

                             # of varsity                                   # of years afterwards that

                            years played                                    student is ineligible

                                       1                                                           1

                                       2                                                           1

                                       3                                                           2

                                       4                                                           3

            Section 10.  Faculty, staff members and graduate students follow the same varsity letter rule as undergraduate students.

           Section 11.  Any non-Greek organization wishing to compete for the All Sports trophy must submit a list of members to the Director of  Recreational Sports of who will compete for their organization before October 1st.  This list cannot contain more than 50 members and once the list has been submitted, no changes will be allowed.  If an incoming freshman is put on the roster, he/she will be unable to compete for the organization until Spring term.  At the beginning of the Spring semester a team may add an additional 5 names to the roster.

            Section 12.  When a player incurs a wound that causes bleeding, the official must stop the game at the earliest possible time and make the player leave the game for treatment.  If a player?s uniform has blood on it, the official must stop the game at the earliest possible time and make the player leave the game to have the uniform cleaned and treated with an appropriate disinfectant or change the bloodied part of the uniform.  The player must leave the game immediately upon notification from the official and will be allowed to return

           only after inspection by the official during the next play stoppage. 

            Section 13.  Penalty:  A team shall forfeit (lose) any contest in which it uses an ineligible player.

Article II.  Protests

            Section 1.  All protests must be made in writing to the Director of Recreational Sports within 24 hours after the contest in question.

            Section 2.  Only player eligibility and a supervisor's wrong ruling will be

            accepted. 

            Section 3.  All protests concerning rule interpretations must be made after the call in question to the field supervisor (before the ball is put back into play), not after the game is over.

            Section 4.  Both sides of the protest will be presented to the Intramural Sports Council, if deemed necessary by the Director of Recreational Sports, with their vote final.  A tie vote will favor the protesting team.

            Section 5.  During the playoffs, all protests must be in writing by 10:00 a.m. the following day.  In the event an immediate decision cannot be rendered, all play-off games in that league will be postponed until a decision can be reached.

Article III.  Point System

            Section 1.  Classification of Sports

Class 1

            Entrance Points                                                                    100 points

            Achievement Points                         3 team league           20 points/win

                                                                        4 team league         3.3 points/win

                                                                        5 team league          10 points/win

                                                                        6 team league            8 points/win

                                                                        7 team league         6.6 points/win

                                                                        8 team league         5.7 points/win

            Playoff Points                                                                     10 points/win

          Sports:  FB VB SC BB BO SB SVB TN

Class 2

            Entrance Points                                                                    80 points

            Achievement Points                                                             40 points to the 
                                                                                           winner.                                                                                                               

                                             The winners total meet points over 40 equal the
                                 value per meet point for the other teams.

            Sports:  SWIMMING   TRACK

 Class 3

            Entrance Points                                                                    60 points

            Achievement Points                                                             Based on order of 

                                                                                                           finish.

                                               Top 8 teams receive points. 

                                               40  35  30  25 20  15  10  5

          Bonus Points                Individual winner will receive 10 points.

          Sports:  FRISBEE/GOLF/BBGOLF/BBFREETHROW/
            CROSS COUNTRY/WING DING GOLF/  HOME RUN
            DERBY/ROWING/SPORTS TRIVIA 

          Section 2.  No points awarded for Co-Rec games.

          Section 3.  An organization which enters more than 1 team in the

          Championship League will only receive the points from the team that

          accumulates the most points.  However, if any team of the organization

          forfeits a Championship League game, then the organizations team points will

          be based on the average of all their Championship League teams points.

          Section 4.  A team will be awarded 10 points for a playoff bye.

          Section 5.   The managers meeting at the beginning of each
          term is mandatory and if you or a team          
          member/organization member is not present at the start of
          the meeting, entrance to the meeting will be denied and
          the following penalty will be enforced:

              Championship Team - loss of 25 entry points and 1
              automatic loss

              Recreational Team - loss of 25 entry points and 1   
             automatic loss

 Article IV.  Postponements

            Section 1.  Two teams desiring to postpone a contest for a legitimate reason must contact the Director of Recreational Sports.  Both team managers must be present to agree on a future date to play the game before the originally scheduled game will be postponed.  If no date is agreed upon, the game will be played at its original time.

            Section 2.  Any game that is postponed from its' originally scheduled time and is not played, will result in a double forfeit for both teams, regardless of who originally postponed the game.

Article V.  Forfeits

            Section 1.  Any team that fails to be ready for a contest at the scheduled time will forfeit to their opponent.  If neither team is ready, both will be charged with a forfeit.  To obtain a contest victory by forfeit, the required number of participants must be present and ready to play.

           Section 2.  Forfeited contests will not be rescheduled.

            Section 3.  If a team forfeits twice in the same sport, they will be dropped from the league and all of their remaining games will be posted as wins for the opponent.  The opponent will be notified prior to the game so the team members will not have to show up.

Article VI.  Awards

            Section 1.  The Director of Recreational Sports will present the top men's and women's team in the Championship League Division with the All Sports Trophy (based on team points).

Section 2.  The Director of Recreational Sports will present the top men's and women's Residence Hall teams in the Recreation League Division with the Major Sports Trophy (based on team points).
  

            Section 3.  The Intramural Sports Athlete of the Year (male and female) will be presented a plaque signifying their accomplishment.

            Section 4.  The Intramural Sports Athlete (male and female) exemplifying outstanding sportsmanship will be presented a plaque signifying their accomplishment.

Section 5.  The Intramural Sports Athletic Chairperson demonstrating hard work and and continued participation will be presented a plaque signyfying their accomplishment.

Article VII.  Playoffs

            Section 1.  All Class 1 team sports will have a single elimination tournament.

            Section 2.  The top 2 teams in each league will go to the playoffs.  Exception:  If there is only one league, there will be a single elimination tournament between half of the teams (and ties).

            Section 3.  Team record will determine tournament seeding.  In case of a tie, the first tie-breaker will be head-to-head competition.  The second tie-breaker will be the previous year?s playoff results.

            Section 4.  The Recreational Sports Director may select one wild card team per major sport to participate in the playoffs.

            Section 5.  In the event of bad weather, and the regular season cannot be finished, all teams with a mathematical chance of making the playoffs will go to the playoffs (time permitting).

Article VIII.  Conduct

            Section 1.  A team is responsible for the actions of individual members of the team and for spectators directly related to the team.  Teams/organizations will be held responsible for their actions before, during and after every intramural sports contest.  A team/organization may be immediately banned from the Intramural Sports program by the Director of Recreational Sports for conduct deemed inappropriate by any member of the Intramural Sports staff.

            Section 2.  If physical altercations do occur, the following guidelines will be used for disciplinary purposes:

                  a.  If a player, coach, or spectator participates in a fight, s/he will be ineligible for Intramural Sports competition for 30 intramural sports playing days.  She/he will be brought up on charges to the University Discipline Committee.

                  b.  If more than one player, coach or spectator (from one team) participates in a fight, the entire organization will be eliminated from competition for 60 intramural sports playing days.  Each individual will be brought up on charges to the University Discipline Committee.

                  c.  If a player, coach, or spectator verbally abuses a member of the Recreational Sports department, including student workers, she/he will be ineligible for Intramural Sports competition for 30 intramural sports playing days.  She/he may be brought up on charges to the University Discipline Committee.

                  d.  If a player, coach or spectator accosts an official, these individuals will be permanently banned from all Intramural Sports activities.  Further, the individual will be brought up on charges to the University Discipline Committee.

                  e.  Any player ejected from a game for unsportsmanlike conduct, including using profanity or making obscene gestures towards an official, opposing player or in anger, will be suspended from play for 10 intramural sports playing days.  Games involving the suspended player's team will not be rescheduled during this time.

f.  If an individual is deemed to be intentionally trying to harm a player, she/he will be permanently suspended from intramural sports play.  This decision will be made by the Director of Recreational Sports, based on a report written by the game officials and intramural sports supervisor(s).

            Section 3.  An individual will not receive suspension credit for days on a

            study away program.
 

            Section 4.  Any individual, who has been drinking alcohol, and/or is playing

            in a manner that is endangering other intramural sports participants, will be

            removed from that game.

            Section 5.  All individuals will have a chance to appeal a decision to the Intramural Sports Council.