Please review and adhere to the following guidelines for levels of competition, season format, team & individual registration, late registration, wait lists, cancellation of team registration, team captain’s requirements, and team captain’s responsibilities.

LEVELS OF COMPETITION

A. Team Sports: Men’s Leagues & Women’s Leagues
Men’s leagues feature teams comprised of male players. Women’s leagues feature teams comprised of female players.

Competitive: Where the most talent and skilled players play. These leagues and tournaments are highly competitive.

Recreational: The place for semi-talented team who still want to play for a championship. Leagues and tournaments remain competitive. Teams advance to a separate playoff tournament.

The Intramural Sports staff reserves the right to promote or demote teams among divisions as necessary to enhance the competitiveness of the division and/or the enjoyment of the other teams in the division.

B. Team Sports: Co-Rec Leagues, Open League
Co-Ed leagues feature teams with a specific combination of male and female players as described in the rules for the sport. Co-Ed leagues are considered co-ed or mixed, including both males and females.

Open league teams can use any combination of male and female players with no restriction on the minimum number of either gender required. Open leagues are considered co-ed or mixed, including both males and females.

Competitive: Where the most talent and skilled players play. These leagues and tournaments are highly competitive. Teams advance to the All-Campus Championship.

Recreational: The place for semi-talented team who still want to play for a championship. Leagues and tournaments remain very competitive. Teams advance to a separate playoff tournament.

The Intramural Sports staff reserves the right to promote or demote teams among divisions as necessary to enhance the competitiveness of the division and/or the enjoyment of the other teams in the division.

C. Team Sports: Fraternity League, Sorority League
Fraternity League: For fraternities officially recognized by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (IFC, NPHC or MGC). Qualification is determined through FSL guidelines and finalized for each academic year on the first day of the fall semester. Teams advance to separate fraternity playoffs. The Fraternity League is considered an extension of the Men’s League.

Fraternity Garnet & Fraternity Gold Divisions: If designated, a specific number of teams may be designed as Garnet Division teams and the remaining organizations as Gold Division teams. Divisions compete in separate time periods and playoff brackets in full-season sports with bracket winners meeting for the Fraternity League championship.

NPHC / MGC League: For organizations officially recognized by NPHC, MGC, and the Office of Greek Life. Qualification is determined through these councils and Greek Life and finalized for each academic year on the first day of the fall semester. Teams compete in separate time periods and/or playoff brackets in council selected sports, then combine with other existing Fraternity League playoff brackets for championship rounds.

Sorority League: For sororities officially recognized by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (Panhellenic, NPHC or MGC). The Sorority League is considered an extension of the Women’s League.

Should any Greek council fail to provide a list of organizations approved for participation in FSL affiliated leagues by the required deadline, the Intramural Sports Office will create a single division in each league comprised of all organizations that are properly registered with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life for the affected term (semester or academic year).

D. Individual/Dual Sports & Special Events
Competitive – These leagues and tournaments are highly competitive.

Recreational – These leagues and tournaments are less competitive and often designed for entry-level participants with little or no experience in the sport; teams advance to separate playoffs.

SEASON FORMAT

The Intramural Sports staff determines the season format for all offerings based on sport popularity, playing format, time and facility constraints, and other factors.

A. Full-Season Sports
Full season sports consist of a 4-game regular season (over a 4 to 5-week period) followed by a single-elimination playoff tournament in both competitive and recreational divisions.

B. Mini-Season Sports
Mini season sports consist of a 2 to 4-game regular season (over a 2 to 3-week period) followed by a single-elimination playoff tournament.

C. Special Events
Special events are slated for specific dates and are typically single day or weekend events.

LEAGUE & DIVISION AVAILABILITY

The Intramural Sports staff reviews historical data and current trends to determine the selection of leagues and divisions for each sport offered throughout the year. Day and time periods are assigned to provide a diversity of options for participants while working within time, facility, and budgetary constraints.

A. Modifications During Registration Period
Following the opening of the registration period for a sport, additions or modifications to available leagues, divisions, day, and time periods offered may be made during the registration period in response to observed demand.

B. Modifications Following the Conclusion of the Registration Period
At the conclusion of the registration period, additional leagues, divisions, day, and time periods may be added to accommodate wait list teams . Unfilled leagues may be closed with registered teams offered spaces in other existing leagues. Any modifications after the conclusion of the registration period are at the discretion of the Intramural Sports staff with regard to logistical factors or other concerns.

LEAGUE & EVENT REGISTRATION

Intramural sports league and tournament registration information is released approximately two months prior to each semester. Such information is available to interested parties online at the FSU Campus Recreation web site. Registration periods are subject to change; participants are encouraged to check online at the FSU Campus Recreation web site for updates.

A. Registration Periods
Entries for all sports are accepted during the assigned registration periods on a space-available basis. Registrations after the assigned registration period ends (late registrations) may or may not be accepted, will be placed on the wait list (if accepted), and are not guaranteed placement into a league or tournament.

B. Team Entries
Registration for most team sports occurs online via the IMLeagues portal beginning at 12 Noon on the first day of the registration period as noted on the Intramural Sports Planner. The start time is subject to change and will be clearly noted on the Intramural Sports Planner and online in association with the registration application. The end of the registration period is noted online in association with the registration application. Online registration requires the team captain to have an established login and password for our registration and schedule portal (available free to all students, faculty, and staff). To enter, a team captain or team representative should select a game day and time for their team from the available game days and times as listed online. FSU Intramural Sports uses instant scheduling for its team sports in which a team will play one game per week on the day and at the time for which the team has registered throughout the regular season. To select a spot in a league, a team captain must supply a team name, captain’s name, daytime phone number, and valid email address. Once the team captain acknowledges all statements associated with the registration, they will have a spot in the league. The deadline is provided at the time of registration and is typically also listed on the Intramural Sports Planner.

For those sports with a team or player fee, payment via a separate web portal linked via the FSU Campus Recreation web site may be required to finalize a team’s registration.

C. Modifications to Team Entries
Teams wishing to modify their registration during the registration window for a new league, division, day, or time can make adjustments in the registration system, when available or contact the Intramural Sports administrative staff in-person in the Intramural Sports Office for instant processing or via phone or email to request a change. Note that space must be available at the time of processing for a modification to be made (email requests may not be processed immediately, therefore a previously open league may be full when the request is reviewed). For requests after the registration period has closed, contacting the Intramural Sports Office is required.

D. Wait List
Once the allotted league space is full, teams may sign-up on a sport’s waiting list. Wait list teams will be placed into a league when teams drop out of the league or when a team is dropped from competition following an unexcused regular season forfeit.

E. Greek Organizations
Fraternity and sorority teams are required to register during the available registration periods for all sports. Designated Greek leagues are available in select sports. A team captain must complete the team captain requirements for the sport to hold the team’s registered position in a league.

F. Individual Entries
Online registration is utilized for participants to enter individual/dual sports, certain special events, and select team sports as noted on the intramural sports planner. Participants will completed through IMLeagues. For doubles competitions, the first registrant will become the team captain and will be able to invite their teammate to join their doubles team.

G. Fee-Based Sports
For those sports in which a fee is required, registration will take place online via IMLeagues. Teams must have the minimum number of players added to their IMLeagues team roster before paying the fee. Team captains will receive payment information via email. Payment is required to finalize the team’s registration.

H. Team Placement into League
Teams that register for a specific league, division, day, and/or time during a sport’s registration window and properly complete the captains requirements by the established deadline will be placed into their requested league, division, day, and/or time for regular season play. When a previously offered league or division is cancelled by the Intramural Sports Office, affected teams will be offered placement in other available leagues or divisions prior to placement of any wait list or late registration teams.

I. In-Season Changes
Once a team has been scheduled into specific league, division, day and/or time for regular season play, no modifications will be made. Should openings arise due to in-season forfeits or cancellations, such openings will be filled with other games (including doubleheaders) by teams already in the specific league or division. Teams may change divisions only between the regular season and postseason as outlined in the Playoff Structure section of the Involvement principle.

WAIT LIST

Teams are placed on a sport’s wait list (a) when their requested league, day, and/or time is full, (b) when they do not reach the roster requirements prior to the appropriate deadline, or (c) if they wish to register for a sport after the registration period has ended.

A. Preregistered Wait List Team Captains Requirements
Wait list team captains who have properly registered during the sport’s established registration period must complete the registration requirements. The team captain (or a team representative) will be contacted by the Intramural Sport office if a spot is available for the team.

B. Wait List Priority Order
Teams are ordered on the wait list based on the time at which they register. Wait list teams will be contacted regarding open positions in leagues based on this order.

C. Team Sport Wait List Team Placement Process
Teams on the wait list will be contacted by the Intramural Sports office via phone or email once the registration window has closed. Teams will be contacted based on the wait list priority order and offered any available opening. The IM Sports office will contact teams until all spots are filled.

D. Team Sport Wait List Mid-Season Replacements
Wait list teams not placed in a league prior to the start of a season will be contacted to be placed into leagues as teams forfeit games/matches during the first 2 weeks of regular season play. Leagues will close at the end of the second week of regular season play. Wait list teams not contacted by this time will not be placed into a league. Players should attempt to join other teams already in the league.

E. Individual/Dual Sports & Team Sports with Tournament Play
For individual sports and team sports with tournament play, wait list teams will be placed into the tournament bracket if a registered team drops out of the tournament prior to its first match or game. Wait list teams may also arrive at the game site and participate in the tournament in place of a team that does not show for its first match. In the event that multiple teams are waiting at the game site for an opening, the team that registered first on the wait list will have priority. Once a team has participated in a tournament, they may not be replaced if they fail to show for a future contest.

CANCELLATION OF TEAM REGISTRATION

A. How to Cancel a Team Registration
A team shall indicate its desire to cancel its registration for an intramural sport via email to the Intramural Sports Office at imsports@fsu.edu, sent by a team captain. A team must include their sport, league, division and team name in the email. No fees apply when a team cancels its registration by the assigned deadline.

B. Teams Preregistered in Time-Designated League
A team that signs up in a day and time designated league during the sport’s registration period shall have until the established deadline to cancel its registration. Successful completion of registration process is confirmation of the registration.

C. Opting Out of Postseason Tournament Play
A team may opt out of participating in a sport’s playoff tournament by indicating its intention to drop out of the league via email to the Intramural Sports Office at imsports@fsu.edu, sent by a team captain. The team must opt out by prior to the start of the final scheduled week of regular season games. A team opting out of postseason play may still be assessed a forfeit fee for failure to participate in any remaining regular season contests. A team that properly drops out of the sport at the conclusion of the regular season shall not be subject to the cancellation fine.

D. Failure to Cancel Registration
A team that fails to cancel its registration as outlined in sections A through C shall be subject to the assessment of the late cancellation fine should it not participate as scheduled.

TEAM CAPTAIN REQUIREMENTS

A. Registered Teams
Each registered team must have its team captain or alternate captain complete the preseason requirements for each sport in which they wish to participate in order for the team to be eligible to participate in the respective sport’s league or tournament.

B. Fulfillment of the Preseason Captains Requirements
To fulfill the preseason requirements, the team captain shall complete online steps (waiver, captain’s quiz [when required], inviting & accepting players to team roster) and review online materials (rules summaries, program guidelines) to complete the online registration process.

C. Failure to Complete Requirements
Registered teams that fail to complete the online registration or add enough players to their official roster will lose their registered spot the sport and be dropped to the bottom of the sport’s wait list.

D. Wait List Teams
Teams that register after the registration deadline will automatically go on the wait list. Teams are ordered for placement into the league (or for addition to the waitlist) based on the date and time that the entire registration and captain’s requirement process is completed.

TEAM CAPTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Each intramural team shall appoint a team captain to represent the group in its interactions with the Campus Recreation and Intramural Sports administrative staff. The team captain is responsible for informing his/her team, its participants and associates, of the applicable guidelines and procedures governing Intramural Sports and the rules specific to the sport in which the team is participating. Campus Recreation and Intramural Sports utilizes the team captain to communicate official business including rule and principle violations and sporting behavior-related issues. It is the responsibility of the team captain to communicate such information in a timely manner to the team’s participants and associates.

For select sports, a mandatory preseason captains meeting shall be held via Zoom or other digital platform. Meeting information will be shared with the captains of all registered teams including wait list teams. Each team captain or a team representative shall be present or risk losing their team’s registration for the sport.

The team captain is responsible for ensuring that the required number of players are available and ready to participate for each of the team’s scheduled contests or for notifying the Intramural Sports Office of any related issues by the appropriate deadline. The team captain is financially responsible for any fines assessed for cancellation a team registration after the established deadline or forfeits that occur during the team’s scheduled participation in league or tournament play. Detailed information on the fines can be found within the Seven Principles of Intramural Sports on the Intramural Sports web site.

RSO IM CHAIRPERSON RESPONSIBILITIES

Organizations or groups may designate an IM chairperson to represent the group in its interactions with the Campus Recreation and Intramural Sports administrative staff. In such instances, the department and program administrative staff will use the chairperson as the primary contact to communicate any policy, procedure, or bylaw concerns or violations, sportsmanship issues, and other official business. It is the responsibility of the chairperson to communicate such information in a timely manner to the organization’s membership, team’s participants, and associates. The team captain for an affected sport will then serve as a secondary contact. The IMLeagues registration platform allows chairpersons to create a team for another individual and to designate them as team captain.