SIU Competitive Sports

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SIU Competitive Sports

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Eligibility
» SIU Students
– On-Campus
• Undergraduate and graduate students must be currently enrolled for at least one
credit hour to be eligible for participation.
– Off-Campus/Online
• Undergraduate and graduate students must purchase an “inactive student”
membership to participate in intramural sports.
» SIU Faculty/Staff
– SIUC faculty and staff who have purchased a semester or annual RSS membership may
participate in intramural sports.
» Non-SIU Affiliated Individuals
– RSS members must purchase a semester or annual membership to participate in
intramural sports.
– RSS members under eighteen years of age cannot participate in SIU intramural sports.
– Guests of RSS members may not participate in intramural sports.

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Eligibility
» Professional and Semi-Professional Athletes
– Any individual that has received payment for trying out professionally or semi-
professionally or for participating professionally or semi-professionally is ineligible for
registering for his or her sport or related sport for a period of three calendar years (1,095
days) after the end of his or her career.
– Professional and semi-professional athletes may participate in all non-related sports
without a waiting period.
» Varsity Athletes
– Any individual that appears on the roster for a collegiate (NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, NCCAA,
USCAA) varsity team is ineligible for participation in his or her sport or related sports for
one calendar year (365 days) from the end of their affiliation with the collegiate team.
– Current and former varsity athletes may participate in non-related sports without a waiting
period.
» Sport Club Athletes
– A sport club athlete is defined as any student that appears or appeared on the roster for a
RSS recognized sport club during the current calendar year.
– For the following sports, no more than two (2) current sport club members may appear on
the roster:
• Softball, Basketball, Soccer, and Volleyball

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Captain Roles
» Reviewing the SIUC Intramural Sport Handbook
» Serve as the primary point of contact between the team and Competitive Sports staff
» Completing the registration process for yourself
» Completing all preseason requirements (e.g. Captain’s Meeting, Captain’s Quiz, etc.)
» Reviewing the relevant blackjack rules
» Ensuring that team members understand and comply with Competitive Sports policies and
procedures
» Check the accuracy of the contest results on the SIUC IMLEAGUES web site

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Division of Competition
» Tournament night
– April 29

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Policies and Procedures
» SIU Card Policy
– All participants should be
prepared to present their SIU
Cards when signing in for each
contest.
– If a participant cannot present his
or her SIU Card when asked, he or
she cannot play.
– If a participant attempts to sign
in using the SIU Card of another
individual, the SIU Card will be
confiscated, and the participant
will not be allowed to play.

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Policies and Procedures
» Pets
– Pets are not allowed in the Recreation Center
• Exception: Service animals with proper
paperwork.
• Owners are responsible for behavior and
actions of their pets.
» Rules
– All SIU Intramural sport rules are based on
rules publications of the National Federation
of High Schools (NFHS) and professional
associations.
– When appropriate, rules are modified and/or
created to level the playing field and foster a
safe and enjoyable experience for all
participants.

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Basics
» Objective of the game
– Each participant attempts
to beat the dealer by
getting a count as close to
21 as possible, without
going over 21.
» Card values and scoring
– It is up to each individual
player if an ace is worth 1
or 11. Face cards are 10
and any other card is its
pip value.

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Betting and the Deal
» Betting
– Before the deal begins, each player places a bet, in chips, in front of him
or her in the designated area.
– Minimum and maximum limits will be established on the betting.
» The deal
– When all the players have placed their bets, the dealer gives one card
face up to each player in rotation clockwise, and then one card face up to
himself.
– Another round of cards is then dealt face up to each player, but the
dealer takes his second card face down. Thus, each player except the
dealer receives two cards face up, and the dealer receives one card face
up and one card face down.

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Naturals
» Natural - If a player's first two
cards are an ace and a "ten-card"
giving him or her a count of 21 in
two cards
» If any player has a natural then
the dealer immediately pays that
player one and a half times the
amount of the bet.
» If the dealer has a natural, they
will collect the bets of all the
players who do not have a
natural.

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Play
» The player to the left goes first and must decide whether to
"stand" (not ask for another card) or "hit" (ask for another card
in an attempt to get closer to a count of 21, or even hit 21
exactly).
» A player may stand on the two cards originally dealt or he or
she may ask the dealer for additional cards, one at a time,
until he or she either decides to stand on the total (if it is 21
or under), or goes "bust" (if it is over 21).
» If the player loses and the dealer collects the bet wagered, the
dealer then turns to the next player to his left and serves them
in the same manner.

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Dealer’s Play
» When the dealer has
served every player, his or
her face-down card is
turned up.
» If the total is 17 or more,
he must stand. If the total
is 16 or under, he must
take a card.
» He must continue to take
cards until the total is 17
or more, at which point
the dealer must stand.

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Splitting Pairs
» If a player's first two cards are of the
same denomination, such as two jacks
or two sixes, he may choose to treat
them as two separate hands when his
turn comes around.
» The amount of his original bet then goes
on one of the cards, and an equal
amount must be placed as a bet on the
other card. The player first plays the
hand to his left by standing or hitting
one or more times; only then is the
hand to the right played.
» The two hands are treated separately.

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Doubling Down
» When the player's turn comes, he
or she places a bet equal to the
original bet, and the dealer gives
him just one card, which is
placed face down and is not
turned up until the bets are
settled at the end of the hand.
» With two fives, the player may
split a pair, double down, or just
play the hand in the regular way.

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Settlement
» A bet once paid and collected is never returned.
» If the dealer goes over 21, he pays each player’s bet amount.
» If the dealer stands at 21 or less, he pays the bet of any player
having a higher total (not exceeding 21) and collects the bet of
any player having a lower total.
» If there is a stand-off (a player having the same total as the
dealer), no chips are paid out or collected.

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Contact Information
» Kyle Burton – Graduate Assistant for Competitive Sports
– Email: kyle.burton@siu.edu
– Phone: 618-453-1273
» Victor Martin – Coordinator of Competitive Sports
– Email: victor.martin@siu.edu
– Phone: 618-453-1284
» Administrative Office hours
– 8AM – 4PM

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