DODGEBALL TOURNEY

Online registration only secures your spot for twenty-four hours from time of submission. Payment of the $30.00 deposit is required before the deadline of the timed submission. Payment can be made at the IM Office - Ratner Athletic Center, Room 139, 9:00am-5:00pm, M-F. PLEASE DO NOT PUT MONEY UNDER THE DOOR!

ELIGIBILITY
University of Chicago students are eligible to participate in Intramural activities. Refer to the 2005-2006 Office of Intramural, Recreation and Sport Clubs Guidelines for further clarification on eligibility. All students must complete an Assumption of Risk Agreement and Release form.

REGISTRATION

1. On-Line Registration: - Intramural/Sport Clubs Select desired sport - Complete entry form, select league, division, team name, manager and officials information, team roster with ID numbers, then submit. NOTE: Online registration only secures your spot for twenty-four hours from date and time of electronic submission. .
   
2. Intramural Sports Office - Ratner Athletic Center, Rm 139 Entry Form- Pick up an Official Entry Form. Complete entry form with name of the sport, league choices(s), division classification, name of your team, team manager's name, e-mail, phone number.
   Select Team Officials- Teams will be required to list two names, ID #, and email address for each team members that will be designated to officiate. These individuals WILL be paid and required to officiate games each week, as necessary.
   Team Roster- List all players names, ID #'s, and e-mail of all the members of your team. Players may be added on site or on line. The minimum names accepted to validate your team entry form is seven. Teams will not be placed within a league without entry form and roster with Student IDs to the Office of Intramural, Recreation, Sport Clubs in the Gerald Ratner Center, Room 139. Attend Mandatory Manager and Officials Meeting- The team manager or alternate must attend the mandatory manager's meetings to acquire rules and schedules.

ENTRY FEE AND FORM
Refundable* Forfeit Deposit of $30 cash per team payable at the University of Chicago Intramural Sports Office, Room 139 in the Gerald Ratner Center. Participants will not be placed within a league if the entry form and fees have not been paid to the Office of Intramural Sports in the Ratner Center, Rm 139. *Refundable if team has no forfeits or failure of official to fulfill assigned duties, $15.00/forfeit. Two forfeits and teams are dropped from the league. Teams may register on line at /campus/index.htm. Teams will have twenty four (24) hours from the time of on-line registration to pay the entry fee. Failure to pay will remove the team from the desired league. Teams will at this time select available leagues upon receipt of payment.

TEAM ROSTERS
Team managers must submit a completed team roster of all members and identification numbers with their team entry fee prior to the entry deadline. Individuals may be added to the roster in the Office of IM Sports, Ratner Center 139 or at the scheduled game site at any time during the regular season. In single and double elimination tournaments, players may not be added in the tournament (see Eligibility, section D).

SCHEDULES
Schedules will be passed out at the manager's meeting prior to the start of competition.

COMPETITION FORMAT
The following divisions for Men, Women, and Coed will be offered. Matches will be decided using a best of 3 formats in which the first team to win 2 games will be declared the winner of the game. During pool play, or round robin play, all three games will be played, regardless of the results of the first two games. The format used to determine a champion in a particular division will be decided by tournament officials, based on the number of teams registered.

FORFEIT POLICY
Players should arrive 10 minutes before game time. A grace period of five (5) minutes is allotted for each individual/ team. This means that an individual or team has until five minutes after the scheduled starting time to get the game started. After (5) minutes the game/match will be termed a forfeit.

STUDENT ID POLICY
New Policy: Every player will be required to show their University of Chicago Card at every game to eligible to participate in Intramural activities. The Henry Crown Field House and Gerald Ratner Center require all students to have a valid UCID for entry.

ALCOHOL AND SPORTSMANSHIP POLICY
No alcohol is to be consumed before or during participation, or brought onto the fields. The Office of Recreation believes that participation in recreational sports is a positive healthy experience that provides enjoyment to participants and alcohol use can hinder good sportsmanship. To foster health benefits and maximize enjoyment for participants and student staff, consuming alcoholic beverages before participation is a violation of recreation policy. Individuals, teams or spectators who violate this policy will not be eligible to participate and could face additional sanctions. All participants and spectators are expected and required to conduct themselves as sportsmanlike individuals and to treat others, as you would like to be treated.

AWARDS
Intramural Championship T-Shirts will be awarded to the winners of each division.

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