intramurals
Eligibility Exceptions
- A player must represent only one men's or women's team and one co-rec team in the same sport. Individuals who play on two teams in the same sport or play under an assumed name are barred from competition in that sport, and a forfeit is recorded against the team that did not have the name of the individual recorded on their roster.
- If a player is on the roster of two teams and plays for both teams, the first team played for is considered the legal team. The second team forfeits all the games in which he or she participated. A game forfeited prior to the start of play will not be considered a participation for any player. A game forfeited for any reason after the start of play will be considered a participation.
- A member of a team in one division may not change to another team in the same division or another division after he or she has played in a game for the respective team in that particular sport. Violation of this rule by the player brings automatic suspension in that respective sport for the remainder of the season. The team the individual switched to will be required to forfeit all games in which that player participated.
- All participants in intramural team sport activities must present and show their valid student ID to the game officials prior to participating in any contest. Faculty/staff must show their current facility use card for indoor activities or valid faculty/staff ID or current facility use card for outdoor activities.
Those participants without their valid ID cards will not be allowed to participate in the contest until this card is shown. This will be in effect for the team sports of flag football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, inner tube water polo, and ultimate frisbee.
Team captains or representatives will sign up all players prior to the contest starting. After sign up on the scorecard, the officials will request that each person present their ID. If a false ID is used, it will be confiscated and the participant will be removed from the premises. The team will be penalized at the start of that game with a technical foul in basketball, a 15-yard penalty in flag football, a team yellow card in soccer, a point/sideout in volleyball, and automatic first out in softball. The team will be placed on intramural probation for the remainder of that sports season. The player using the false ID will be removed from the facility and will not be able to participate in intramurals again until after meeting with the assistant director.
Those participants arriving at the contest after the start will have to show their ID to the intramural supervisor in charge and have their name entered on the scorecard before being allowed to participate in the contest.
- Any student having his or her varsity letter or equivalent recognition from a four-year institution must wait one year from the date on which they last lettered before being eligible for participation in that particular sport or its intramural counterpart. Example: Track lettermen must wait one year from the time they received their letter before they can participate in the cross country or track meet.
- Athletic letterman: An individual who has received an athletic letter or its equivalent from a four-year institution. Note: Athletic letters are assumed to be awarded following the season.
Current sport club member: An individual who has practiced with a sports club or played in a sport club contest during the academic year.
Ex-professional athlete: An individual who has played as a professional as defined by the NCAA Manual of Operations.
Teams may not participate with more than two participants (in any combination) from the above list on the same team in the respective sport or intramural equivalent.
Example: An intramural co-rec softball team may have one ex-professional baseball player and one sport club softball player but may not have one ex-professional baseball player and two sport club softball players.
In addition, no more than one individual from the above list may participate on a doubles, triples, or 4-on-4 team.
Example: A 4-on-4 sand volleyball team may not participate with an athletic volleyball letterman and a sport club volleyball member.
- No more than one individual who has participated in any intercollegiate bowling competition can participate on any one team in intramural bowling.
- Teams using an ineligible player(s) or more than the allowable combinations in rule 6 will receive forfeits for the intramural games in the concurrent time period of the ineligibility. The player(s) will become ineligible for further competition in that sport's season and will be placed on intramural probation.
- Members of intercollegiate athletic squads shall not be eligible for intramural competition in that particular sport or its counterpart. Members of intercollegiate athletic squads are defined as individuals who are practicing or competing with a respective athletic squad. Individuals who have been redshirted by the coach, school, or conference are classified as members of athletic squads and are not eligible for intramural competition in that particular sport or its counterpart.
Example: Members of athletic cross country squads are not eligible for the intramural cross country meet and track meet. Any questions regarding eligibility in counterpart activities should be resolved prior to competition.
- If a man or woman drops or is dropped from an intercollegiate squad, he or she becomes eligible for intramurals in that particular sport following the official drop. Exception: see rule 5. This also includes any individual who was classified with a redshirt status.
- One who is currently under contract as a professional in any sport is not eligible for intramural competition in that particular sport or its intramural counterpart. Professionalism is defined by the NCAA Manual of Operations.
The Department of Recreational Services has the right to bar any organization that willfully uses an ineligible player. Team captains or intramural managers are responsible for the eligibility of their players. Recreational Services staff members, officials, and their supervisors are authorized to report cases of ineligible players competing for more than one team and other inequities at any time.
- In individual and dual sports, no matches or games shall be replayed as a result of determined ineligibility. In order for a team to advance as a result of an eligibility protest, that protest must be filed before the succeeding match. Every individual or doubles team defeated by the illegal participation shall be awarded points for a win, but will not advance in the tournament.
- If the champion in any team, individual, or meet sport is determined to be ineligible, they will forfeit the championship. All points earned will also be forfeited. The second place finisher will be declared the winner, accrue win points, and be awarded the championship t-shirt.
- Active members of fraternities and sororities may compete with their house. Active with house is defined by the Greek Affairs membership list. This list is developed by the fraternity or sorority, signed by the house president, and sent to Greek Affairs at the beginning of each semester. Please direct your questions concerning lists to Greek Affairs. All fraternities must be registered members of Greek Affairs on the K-State campus to be eligible to compete in the fraternity division.
- Men competing in the residence hall division or women competing in the women's division with intramural points designated for a respective residence hall floor or wing must live in the respective residence hall and reside on the floor wing for which they compete.
Exceptions are fraternity men and sorority women living in residence halls, residence life coordinators, assistant residence life coordinators, or others wishing to compete with independent organizations.
Residence life coordinators and assistant coordinators may compete for any floor or wing of the residence hall with which they are associated provided they do not compete for the same floor or wing in more than one team sport per year, more than one meet sport per year, or more than one individual/dual sport per session.
Coordinators and assistant coordinators living in halls where all floors combine may compete in all activities for their respective hall. If a participant changes his or her residence from a residence hall during a competitive season, he or she is allowed to continue participation for the original floor or wing only until that sport season is completed. Each respective floor or wing is considered a living group unless combined with another floor or wing.
For the men's and women's divisions, residence hall floors may combine under the following guidelines only:
Marlatt: no floors may combine
Haymaker: only floors 1 and 5 may combine
Moore, Ford, and Goodnow: any two floors may combine
Boyd, Putnam, Van Zile, West, and Smurthwaite: all floors may combine
Other combinations may be considered by the intramural administrative staff.
Residence hall floors combining with other floors from that respective residence hall must combine at the beginning of the school year and remain together for the entire academic year. Intramural points accrued by teams or individuals will be awarded to the combined team.
- In activities with separate divisions for men's and women's competition, no person may participate in a division of the opposite sex. When an intramural activity is not offered to both men and women and is "not for points," this rule does not apply.
- Each team with a winning percentage of .500 or better will advance to playoffs, with the following exceptions:
Teams that forfeit twice during the season or forfeit once and did not attend the captain's/manager's meeting for that sport.
Teams that use players playing under an assumed name.
Teams that violate team probation.
- Any question of interpretation of the rules shall be submitted to the rules and protest committee for consideration.