Sportsmanship

The mission of the Intramural Sports Staff is to provide a recreational environment for the University community which is safe and enjoyable. While the game atmosphere is often competitive, ensuring participant safety, providing a fun, social atmosphere, and promoting sportsmanlike behavior among participants, spectators, and team followers are our primary concerns. The game atmosphere should remain good-natured at all times. Participants shall maintain good sportsmanship throughout their participation in all facets of the intramural program.

It is the responsibility of the captain of each team to control his/her team.

Only team captains may speak to officials. The Intramural Sports Staff does not recognize the use of coaches.

Teams are responsible for keeping their fans under control.

Any player or fan who uses foul language, violently protests a call, or curses at an official or supervisor will be ejected from the game.

Assigning sportsmanship ratings to teams will be at the official's and supervisor's discretion.

Any player who touches an official or supervisor will be suspended from all intramural activities for an indefinite period of time and will be reported to the Dean of Students office.

Any player ejected from a game due to unsportsmanlike conduct will be ineligible to participate in any intramural sport until he/she meets with the Intramural Sports Director.

Rating System

The intramural program conducts a rating system for participating teams during intramural play. The officials and supervisors on duty will rate each team on their sportsmanship at the conclusion of the game. A team is disqualified from making the playoffs if their average sportsmanship rating at the end of the regular season is below a 3.0, regardless of the team’s record. The rating system is as follows:

Excellent: Rating – 5. The team presents outstanding character during competition and interacts with officials and opponents in a sportsmanlike manner. The team represents a perfect example of what Clemson Intramurals strives for.

Very Good: Rating – 4. The team fully cooperates with officials and supervisors and presents a good attitude. Team receives no warnings, ejections, yellow cards, unsportsmanlike fouls or technical fouls.

Acceptable: Rating – 3. Team engages in few arguments with officials and supervisors, and is awarded a maximum of one technical foul, yellow card or unsportsmanlike foul.

Below Acceptable: Rating – 2. Team consistently engages in arguments with officials and retains an overall bad attitude towards opponents.

Poor: Rating – 1. Team maintains no respect for officials and/or opponents and has complete disregard for the safety and well-being of participants and staff. The captain has no control of his/her team. The team receives multiple unsportsmanlike penalties, red cards or ejections.

No Show: Rating – 0. Team has had NO ONE sign it at game time.

Teams winning by forfeit or no show will receive a rating of 3.

Teams losing by forfeit will receive a rating of 1.

Teams losing by no show will receive a rating of 0.

At the end of the season the average of these scores, which will be posted on the website will be considered the team’s Sportsmanship Rating for the season to be taken into account when advancing to the playoffs.

Games that are not conducted due to inclement weather and/or the inability to reschedule due to time constraints, limited field spaces or any unforeseen circumstances will result in a Sportsmanship Rating of 3 for both teams.

Playoff Sportsmanship

Any team receiving a rating of 2 or lower during the playoffs will be removed from the playoffs. Failure to do so will result in a forfeit of the next game.

Intramural Sports reserves the right to disqualify any team and/or individual from participation for unacceptable acts of poor sportsmanship.