Department of Recreation staff reserves the right to make amendments to these rules deemed essential to the success of the program.
NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES will be permitted in any recreation or athletic facilities; smoking is also prohibited in all recreation and athletic facilities (indoor or outdoor). Violations will result in forfeiture of the game by the team in violation.
SHU ID Cards
SHU ID Cards will be required to verify identification prior to each contest.
Eligibility
IM programs are open to all full time students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty and staff. Full time commuter students are eligible as well. Any part-time student, faculty or staff member may participate as long as they have a Pitt Center membership.
Forfeits
The referees will allow a 10 minute wait before calling a forfeit in the event that a team does not show up to a scheduled game. A forfeit is recorded as a loss; after a second forfeit a team will become ineligible to make the playoffs; after a third forfeit a team will be removed from the league.
Teams
Teams may add players to their rosters throughout the regular season, during the playoffs teams will not be permitted to add players.
The Game
Intramural Soccer games will consist of two 20-minute halves. The clock will run continuously except for injury and official's time outs. Each team will be allowed one 1-minute time out per half. Half time will be no longer than 5-minutes. The team with the most goals at the end of regulation time will be declared the winner. Games that are tied after regulation time will have a shootout.
Substitutions
Teams will be allowed to substitute players at any play stoppage (ball out of bounds, goal scored, injury time out, foul, official's time out etc.). Substitutes must get the attention of the official prior to substitutions, and wait for the official to beckon him/her onto the field.
Equipment
Standard athletic apparel is required. No metal cleats, players may wear molded rubber cleats only. We highly recommend that all players wear approved shin and mouth guards. Players are not permitted to wear jewelry during IM Soccer contests. At the discretion of the IM official and/or supervisor, players may be asked to remove clothing or accessories that may be dangerous to him/herself or competitors.
Offsides
There will be no offsides penalties.
Slide Tackling
Is prohibited in all IM Soccer leagues.
Playoffs
Teams will not be allowed to add any new players to their rosters for the playoffs. In order to be eligible for the playoffs, a player must have participated in at least one regular season game.
Tie games in playoff
If a playoff game is tied after regulation time, the following procedure will take effect:
- There will be a 5-minute sudden death overtime period.
- If the game is still tied, there will be a five-player shootout.
- Each team will name 5 players to take one penalty kick each
- If after five kicks a winner still hasn't been determined, teams will take alternating penalty kicks until a winner is determined.
Rainouts/rescheduling
Games will be rescheduled time and weather permitting. Games may be moved inside the Pitt Center, space permitting. Team captains will be emailed if the games are cancelled and a notice will be posted on the IM website. Team members should call their captains with weather questions.
Sportsmanship
Players are expected to display good sportsmanship towards fellow competitors, officials, and IM staff. Any display of poor sportsmanship will be met with disciplinary actions.
Protests
The intramural supervisor, on the field, will accept protests of rule interpretations only. Protests must be filed immediately after the play in question, once the ball is put back into play after the play in question, no protests will be honored. To file a protest, the team captain should ask the game official to get a supervisor, at this point the supervisor will hear the scenario, explain the rule that applies, and render a decision. Decisions made by IM supervisors are final. There is no further appeals process. Supervisors will not listen to protests of officials' judgment calls or competency.