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Intramural Sports Policies
We want to ensure that everyone knows the policies and rules that are in place to provide the best experience for everyone participating in intramural sports. We ask that you familiarize yourself with our policies.


Intramural Sports Gameday Checklist
Check-in With Photo ID

  • Any government-issued photo identification is acceptable (e.g., driver’s license, Hokie Passport). 
  • Presenting a copy or image of government-issued photo identification (e.g. a picture of your driver’s license on your phone) is also acceptable.

CoRec Leagues

  • For CoRec leagues, half of the player maximum may identify as the same gender.
  • Example: For a 7v7 Flag Football team, the gender max is 4. (4 women, 2 men, 1 non-binary would be allowed. 5 women and 2 men would not be allowed) If a 7v7 Flag Football team only has 4, 5, or 6 players available to play for a particular game, they would have the same gender max of 4.

Jewelry

  • All jewelry must be completely covered and secured. Safety is still our top priority. Any jewelry that remains a risk to any participant (even if covered) will not be permitted. 

Matching Light or Dark Shirts

  • Opposing teams must bring matching light-colored and dark-colored shirts for the following team sports activites: Basketball, Flag Football, Handball, Soccer, and Ultimate Frisbee.
  • If both teams arrive with similar colors, captains must determine which color shirt each team will wear. If an agreement cannot be reached, both teams will forfeit the game.
  • For administrative purposes, all players participating in any 5v5 Basketball contest must have a one- or two-digit whole number on their shirts, and numbers for all teammates must be distinct.

Two Club Players Max

  • No more than two Sport Club or Registered Student Organization team members may participate in their sport/allied sport on the same intramural team. (This limit is reduced to a maximum of one team member for all 2v2 Sports)
  • Sport Club athlete roster restrictions and Registered Student Organization roster restrictions overlap. (i.e., The 2-player maximum combines SC and RSO athletes in their aligned sport) 

Team Removed After Forfeiting Twice

  • Teams that forfeit multiple times within a season will be removed from the league. Exceptions may be granted under certain circumstances if the Intramural Staff is notified prior to the game. 

Competitive Teams - Playoff Brackets

  • During week three of the season, playoff brackets will be posted on Wednesday on IMLeagues with game times for the entirety of the playoffs.
  • Team captains will be draft their spot in the bracket on IMLeagues at 2pm on the Friday before playoffs start.
  • Teams that do not select their playoff spot before 4pm on that Friday will have their team placed in the bracket by Intramural staff.
  • If a captain is unable to login to IMLeagues at that time to select the team's bracket position, a teammate can be designated as a co-captain on IMLeagues so they will have access to do so.

Competitive Teams - Rosters

  • A player may only be on the roster of one Men’s/Women’s team and one CoRec team within the competitive league for each sport.
  • When the playoffs start, competitive league players may not change to a different roster.

Recreational Teams - Rosters

  • A player may participate on unlimited teams within the recreational league for each sport.
  • Players are not permitted to join more than one team until after registration closes to ensure that others have the opportunity to create a team.

2024-25 Program Changes

The following changes will be in effect for the upcoming intramural sports season:


New Sports

2v2 Racquetball and 4v4 Wallyball are both new scheduled leagues!

Roster Minimums

The roster minimum must be attained for a team to be approved and scheduled for regular season and/or postseason games.  Teams are not guaranteed a spot in the league until they have fulfilled this roster minimum AND re-selected the available division the team wishes to join. (Example: 8v8 Kickball has a roster minimum of 8, 7v7 Flag Football has a roster minimum of 7, etc.)

Jewelry

All jewelry must be completely covered and secured. Safety is still our top priority. Any jewelry that remains a risk to any participant (even if covered) will not be permitted. 

Grace Period  

If neither team has the required number of players by the end of the 10-minute grace period, the results are recorded as a forfeit for both teams.  If one team is present at the start of the grace period, that team has the option to start the game ahead by the score of the mercy rule for that sport.  However, the team may also elect to have the game started with a “0-0” score if the opponent shows up prior to the end of the grace period. 

For sports that are played by sets, a team will start ahead half of set score (12-0 if playing to 25) instead of down 1 game to 0.

Team Forfeits

Teams that forfeit multiple times within a season will be removed from the league. Exceptions may be granted under certain circumstances if the Intramural Staff is notified prior to the game.

Jersey Numbers  

For 5v5 Basketball only, players must have visible numbers on their shirts/jerseys. Taped numbers are allowed, however, the intramural sports staff reserves the right to remove anyone from the game if they do not have a number on their shirt/jersey, or if their number is no longer visible. 

Contact Intramural Sports
imsports@vt.edu
540-231-8295
255 War Memorial Hall