Eligibility and Registration

A participant in Division I or II may compete only for those units with which they are affiliated. Affiliation defines someone who is registered or a resident in a college, faculty, or recognized group. 

1. Multiple Affiliations: A student who is affiliated with more than one College, Faculty or recognized group (e.g. residence) may compete for any one of those units in each Intramural Sport as long as they have paid the unit's activity fees for that year. Students who are eligible to play for teams in different Colleges, Faculties or recognized groups, will be bound in that sport for the season only to the College, Faculty or recognized group for which they first appear. 
2. Change of Affiliation: Students who change their affiliation status (i.e. change college/faculty) will be allowed to continue to play for their previous competitive unit provided that such participation is not broken by a switch to playing for the new unit. In the case of serious illness or injury, permission to continue such affiliation may be granted by the Secretary of the appropriate Intramural Sports Committee. 

1. In most activities, a student who is deemed a current member of an Intercollegiate team is not eligible for Intramural play in that sport. An intercollegiate practice squad player may play intramurals until they play in three Varsity Blues games. 
2. As a minimum criterion, former intercollegiate athletes must play in the highest division entry (in their sport competed at Intercollegiate level) sponsored by their unit of affiliation. 
3. In Innertube Water Polo, special regulations are in force to permit limited number of current Intercollegiate team members to play for Intramural teams. For details inquire at the Intramural Office. 
4. In Rugby, Division I teams shall be allowed to dress a maximum of two varsity players for each game. Division II teams shall be allowed to dress a maximum of one varsity player for each game. 

A participant may only play on one team and/or division per sport regardless of level, be it in Men's or Women's competitions or Co-ed programs. Participation shall be defined as having their name appear on the game sheet. Further, eligible students may play in either the Men's or the Women's program as well as the Coed Program. 

1. Exceptions: Male participants may apply to the Women's I.S.C. if they wish to play in a Women's sport (league or tournament). Also, female ice hockey players may play in both the men’s and women’s leagues. 
2. Transferring Teams: For a participant to have the opportunity to play with a team suitable to his/her ability a player may transfer teams under certain specific rules and procedures: Players may play a maximum of one game per year per sport at a higher level but reserve the right to move down to a lower skill level until they have played a second game at the higher level. Official transfer forms must be filed as per current rules and emergency replacement regulations remain in force. No other transfers of temporary replacements are allowed. Female participants may play one game per year per sport in a men’s division. 
3. Independent Teams: Independent teams enter leagues in the Open Division. At that level, the team may be composed of players from any number of different units (i.e. in the Open Division, a player is not bound to play for her/his unit of affiliation). 

Players who are affiliated with a College, Faculty, or a recognized group, that does not enter a team in a particular sport, may apply for inclusion in a player's pool to be assigned to a team on a need basis. Applications are available at the Intramural Office. 

1.  A student is eligible for the pool if they belong to a college or faculty where no team is sponsored. Application as a free agent can be made directly on IMLeagues. Simply click on the league(s) you wish to join, then click on Join as a Free Agent. You can list yourself as a free agent in as many divisions within a league as you'd like. Once joined you will be visible to all the members of the site. 
2. Participants may enter the players’ pool where they wish to play on a team in a higher division than that entered by his/her college or faculty. 
3. Any individual wishing to participate in Mixed activities who does not belong to a competing unit, can register at the Intramural Office. 
4. The same rules regarding eligibility and conduct apply to members of a player’s pool team. 
5. The player, once picked up, remains with that team for the year. 

Any professional player, regardless of whether they have been reinstated as an amateur shall be ineligible to participate in the sport in which he/she participated professionally. For purposes of this section, a "professional player is one who receives any kind of payment, directly or indirectly for participation except as permitted by governing rules of Canadian Interuniversity Sport." 

To be eligible for participation in playoff competition each player must play a specific number of regular season games. A player must qualify under one of the following regulations: 

1. A player must have signed in for their game on the game sheet for at least one-third of the regular league schedule where the schedule consists of more than six games (the minimum acceptable is three games) and for at least one-half where the schedule consists of six games or less. Note: This rule does not apply to sub-goaltenders in hockey and lacrosse. In the cases of soccer and field hockey, sub-goaltenders must play in at least one regular season game to be eligible for the playoffs. In all cases, the sub-goaltender may appear in the playoffs only for the team with which he/she is registered. 
2. A player who, through injury, does not qualify under item #1 may, on application, be made eligible through a ruling of the Intramural Office. Acceptable medical proof of injury as provided by the University Health Services must be presented to support each such application. 

Individuals who have been suspended from participation in the Intramural Sports Program and who have served their suspension may appeal to the Intramural Office for consideration of waiving the playoff eligibility requirements in that Sport.