280.4 Use of Recreational Sports Fields

280.4 Use of Recreational Sports Fields

A. Background

The recreational sports fields are five (5) fields located on four campus areas which are used for intramural and club sports competition. The areas include: (1) the VIP parking field behind Paladin Stadium, (2) the large parking areas adjacent to the football stadium gate, (3) the field parallel to Blackwell Residence Hall, (4) the field adjacent to the main back gate (old soccer field), and (5) the field between the Dan Ellis Band Practice Field and the women's dorm back gate. Because of frequent requests by on-campus and off-campus groups for use of these fields, it is necessary to have policies governing their control, supervision, and utilization.

B. Policy

The recreational sports fields are used for intramural activities and club sports competition. These fields are made available to other groups and agencies under certain conditions.

C. Guidelines

1. Supervisory control of the recreational sports fields is the responsibility of the Director of Recreational Sports who maintains an office in the Herman W. Lay Physical Activities Center.

2. Any reservations to use a field must be scheduled through written notification with the director on a form supplied by the director.

3. Priorities in scheduling are as follows: (1) intramural and club sports, (2) approved Furman groups, and (3) approved non-University groups.

4. The assumption of responsibility for accidents and for filing Accidental Injury Reports with Public Safety lies with the budget unit head of the department for the on-campus users of the field and with the person who requests a field for use by off-campus groups.

5. Line marking of any type will not be allowed without approval of the Director of Recreational Sports.

6. Motor vehicles will not be allowed on any field. Unloading and loading must be on the service roads leading to the field.

7. Following the activity, any litter must be placed in containers and the area left in the condition in which it was found.

8. Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages and/or drugs not prescribed by a physician is not permitted on campus, and visitors violating these regulations will be asked to leave the campus and be subject to legal action.

9. The Recreational Sports Field Use Authorization form must be in the possession of the user at all times in case Public Safety checks for authorization of field use. If the form is not available, Public Safety may ask that the premises be vacated.

10. The Department of Athletics should contact the Director of Recreational Sports at least three months in advance when parking on the recreational sports fields is needed for activities in Paladin Stadium. This does not include home football games.

11. Before Timmons Arena is scheduled, the Director of Timmons Arena should check with the Director of Recreational Sports to make sure no club sports activities are scheduled for Field #3.

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