Intramural Sports
Policies and Procedures
All currently enrolled students, or faculty and staff of the University of Texas at El Paso, may participate in any Recreational Sports activity offer by the Student Recreation Center. A student, faculty and staff member who is no longer associated with UTEP, forfeits his/her right to participate in all Recreational Sports activities. Individuals are restricted to playing for only one (1) team in competition. Exception being, an individual may play for a co-rec team plus a men’s or women’s team.
Every team must have a designated team captain. Intramural Administrative Staff reserves the right to edit all team names.
If no opportunity is offered for an individual to participate, he or she may play on a men’s or women’s team. Example: If a women’s soccer league was not established, women could participate on a men’s team/league; or vice versa.
Any player playing under an assumed name shall be barred from all Recreational Sports participation for one year from the date the offence was committed.
Varsity athlete (including red shorted and scholarship athletes) and Sport Clubs athletes, will not be allowed to participate on the sport thay play at varsity level.
*Ineligible player will mean automatic forfeit of contest by team(s) involved and continued participation would be determined by degree of offense. You must carry your valid UTEP ID to all Recreational Sports Games.
THERE WILL BE NO PROTESTING OF JUDGEMENT OR INTERPRETATION OF OFFICIAL CALLS.
It will be up to the managers to recognize ineligible players. No action will be taken by the Recreational Sports Department referees until notified by teams.
During all Intramural events, the Intramural Student Supervisors on site are the authority and has the final word and on all disciplinary action, eligibility, and game situation appeals. If a team/participant wishes to appeal a decision made by a game official, they must notify the officials at the time of the incident so that the game may be stopped while an on-site student supervisor reviews the situation. Remember, judgment or interpretation calls made by an official may NOT be appealed.
Any individual ejected from a contest by an official or supervisor, (no warning may be given in some situations), will be indefinitely suspended from participating in the Recreational Sports program. Eligibility for future play is dependent upon the results of a personal meeting with the person in charge of the specific activity. In case of team suspension, the designated manager, as listed on the team entry roster shall be recognized as the only representative for such a meeting.
Supervisors / officials in charge have the right to suspend or terminate a game at any time.
If an ejected player does not leave the contest site by the time designated by and official (2 min. max) the team of the player in question will automatically forfeit the game.
Each individual must meet the requirements for the Division(s) in which they wish to play. An individual can play for only one team per division. Leagues are offered and structured on the basis of levels of competition and are designated as:
- Open League
- Competitive League
- Recreational League
Open League: This league is designed for people who desire to participate in an atmosphere of high competition. The structure of this league is to play a regular season followed by single elimination playoffs to determine a champion.
Competitive League: This league is structured basically in the same way as the Open League; the only difference is that this league offers a lower level of competition and more relaxed atmosphere.
Recreational League: This league is designed for participants who desire to play in a very relaxed atmosphere (where no records are kept) and a very low emphasis is put on winning. This league will play a round robin season only; since no winner is declared, no post-season tournament will be scheduled.
Teams or individuals compete in round robin or pool play, and advance to single elimination play-off.
Special events take place during one scheduled day.
During Recreational Sport events, we ask that all spectators and participants who will be playing in the next hour be seated on side cubies located on either side of the main court.
Teams are responsible for keeping their spectators under control. Misconduct of spectators, players can result in assessment of a penalty, ejection or forfeiture of the game.