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Frequently Asked Questions

Intramural Football

Frequently Asked Questions

The Intramural Sports program provides opportunities for the students of South Dakota State to participate in competitive, recreational activity. Weekly leagues, one-day tournaments and online competitions are offered.

Offerings vary from semester to semester. Traditional sports offered include basketball, flag football, soccer and volleyball. Untraditional sports include poker/casino night, UNO, esports tournaments, broom ball and a Bachelor fantasy league. Check out the schedule for the semester.

The Intramural Sports program is open to all South Dakota State University students as a perk of their Miller Wellness Center membership.

Not a student? No worries! The Intramural Sports program offers any faculty, staff or community member with a Miller Wellness Center member the opportunity to purchase semester-participation passes:
All Access Pass: participation in all leagues and one-day tournaments throughout the entire semester - $25.00.

League Pass: participation in all league sports throughout the entire semester - $20.00.

Tournament Pass: participation in all one-day tournaments throughout the entire semester - $10.00.

Non-Miller Wellness Center members can purchase an all-access pass for $50.00.

Varsity athletes are allowed to participate in the Intramural Sports program at the determination of their respective coaches. With that being said, they are NOT allowed to participate in sports similar to that which they are currently participating in on the varsity level.

If you are hoping to participate but don't know if you have enough to make up a full team, take advantage of the free agent system. Many teams will indicate whether or not they are interested in picking up players for their team rosters. Throughout registration, you will want to check with various teams to inquire as to if you can play with them. Alternatively, if we have enough free agents, we will work to combine the free agents to create teams when possible.

The maximum number of team members allowed is dependent upon the sport being played. While we require teams to have a minimum number needed to play on the court or field at registration, we typically allow teams to have at most double the number of players needed on their roster.

Sport Clubs are Registered Student Organizations that are managed by the Miller Wellness Center. Sport clubs practice and compete on the regional or national level against other institutions. The Intramural Sports program provides an opportunity for students and members to compete against each other in different single-gendered, co-recreational and open leagues.

Sport Club members are able to also participate in Intramural Sports with some special caveats. Each individual sport has rules revolving around the number of Sport Club members of a similar or like sport are allowed to play on the same team. Ex: The Baseball Club would be limited on the number of members allowed to participate on an Intramural softball team.

The answer to this question is dependent upon the individual sport. In the Intramural Sports program, we offer single-gendered, co-recreational, and open leagues and events. A number of our larger sports will have a single-gendered league over in one semester, with a co-recreational league in the other. In these leagues, participants are allowed on team per league.

With sports where single-gendered and co-recreational leagues are offered simultaneously, participants are allowed to play on two total teams: one-single-gendered and one co-recreational.

Single-gendered leagues are leagues where all teams are made up exclusively of participants of a specific gender. Our co-recreational leagues allow participation from all genders together, however, there is a requirement for the number of participants of each gender to constitute a valid team. In open leagues, there is no requirement to the makeup to a team roster. Some teams may be of a single gender, while others may not.

Females may participate in men's leagues. However, this participation would preclude participation in a women's league. This often occurs when a sport does not have enough registered participants to run a full league.

For most offerings, students are able to participate free of charge. In some instances, teams are required to pay an off-campus facility charge. This amount varies based upon the activity, but it is a team fee rather than an individual participant fee. These fees are collected to help to offset the costs of facility space when non-Miller Wellness Center facilities are needed.

The Intramural Sports program uses a number of different facilities based upon the activity. Most often, indoor sports will be played at the Miller Wellness Center. Outdoor Sports, with the exclusion of softball and broomball, are played at the Competitive Sports Complex located across the street from the Miller Wellness Center to the North of the Performing Arts Center.

The Intramural Sports program also makes use of Brookings Parks, Recreation & Forestry facilities for our Broomball and Softball activities. To a limited extent, SDSU Athletics facilities are also used for some events.

All locations and play times will be posted online for teams to see.

All information with regard to your individual team schedule can be found by accessing the Fusion portal and Fusion IM.

Teams will sign up for one day and time to play and are scheduled to participate in regular season matchups once per week. For some sports, a double-header format is used, in which case a team will participate in two back-to-back contests. Teams will play an average of 4-6 regular-season contexts per season.

Based upon format, teams will then qualify for playoff participation. Playoff participation is always sportsmanship dependent. The playoff format will be announced no later than the weekend prior to the end of the regular season.

The Intramural Sports program will use the Playoff Draft feature in Fusion IM for all playoff bracketing. This tool will allow teams to seek to ensure that they are able to at the very least participate in their first-round playoff matchup without the need of rescheduling. Where teams during the regular season are guaranteed to play at the same time each week, this is not possible during playoff participation.

Prior to the close of registration, it is still possible for participants to change their time slots of participation. To do so, please email the Competitive Sports Coordinator.

To participate in an Intramural Sports activity, all students must check-in with the MyJacks ID. Community members must check in with a government-issued identification.

When teams are unable to participate in their scheduled mashups, one of two things will occur. Teams are allowed to contact the Competitive Sports office up until 3 p.m. on the day of their game or Friday to default a matchup. When a team defaults, they are letting the office know that they are unable to play and are therefore accepting a loss. Teams are allowed one default per season.

If a team does not meet this deadline and doesn't show for their scheduled game or does not have the minimum number of participants to play by the time of the game, they are at risk of forfeiting. As the Intramural Sports program no longer requires forfeit deposits, the offending team is suspended from Intramural Sports participation until the forfeit fee payment of $25 has been paid. Each forfeit shall cost the team $25, however, upon the second forfeit, the offending team shall be removed from participation for the remainder of the season.

Please note that this suspension is program wide. If you forfeit a game in softball, you will not be eligible to participate in volleyball until this fee is paid.

Upon ejection from an Intramural Sports contest, the offending individual must vacate the premises immediately. The Competitive Sports professional staff will contact the ejected party the following business day to set up a meeting to discuss the ejection. All ejections will carry at minimum a suspension for the next scheduled contest. Upon the conclusion of the meeting between the Competitive Sports professional staff and the participant, the staff will inform the participant in writing of any further consequences no later than the close of business on the following workday.

If your score is incorrectly listed online, contact the Competitive Sports Office with the details of the contest (Date, Time, Opponent, Score) and we will follow-up with both teams and adjust accordingly. All captains should be verifying the result of the contest prior to departing after their contests have concluded.

We can't run our program without students. All of our staff are current students who have made the decision to come out and work with us to help provide a rewarding experience for our participants. If you would like to work with our program as an official, please reach out to our Competitive Sports office. All training is paid and provided so don't worry if you've never officiated before. We're on the hunt for potential and willingness to learn, grow and have fun!