Broom Full Ice Managers Meeting

1. Northeastern
University
Intramural
Sports
Online Managers Meeting
for 8v8 Full Ice Broomball

2. Team
Registration
Process
1. To create your intramural team you will need
to review the general policies contained in
this presentation and all of the sport specific
rules as well.
2. Once you have reviewed everything you will
need to take a short quiz to verify that you
understand the General Policies and Sport
Specific rules.
3. You must answer all of the questions correctly
to proceed.
4. All of the correct answers are included in this
presentation.

3. The Five
Most
Important
IM Policies
 Game time is forfeit time – please ensure you
have enough rostered players present prior to
the start of your scheduled contest.
 Only a team’s captain may confer with the
officials.
 All players must present their valid Northeastern
University issued Husky Card in order to play.
 All roster management is done via the
IMLeagues platform.
 After the season’s schedule is published,
regular season games cannot be rescheduled
at a team’s request.

4. Roles
and
Duties of
Intramural
Team
Managers
 Be responsible for your actions and the
actions of all your teammates.
 Understand all the relevant intramural
policies and rules as found in the
Intramural Manager’s Handbook.
 Communicate all necessary policies and
rules to your teammates.
 Inform any ejected players that they
need to leave the facility and how they
can apply for reinstatement.

5. Player Eligibility
 All registered students are eligible to play
 Undergraduate, graduate, part-time and law
students are all eligible.
 Unless otherwise noted, alumni and faculty/staff
cannot participate in intramural sports.
 Players may only play on one team per
league per sport per season:
 One open and one co-rec team per season.
 There may be multiple seasons in each semester.
 Club Sport Rules:
 Only three club sport players may be on a single
team roster for the related sport.
All registrations and roster
management is done through
the IMLeagues platform.
 Ex-Varsity Athletes:
 Are required to sit out a year (of any related sport) and each team can
only have one such student on their roster

6. Roster
Additions
 All roster additions must be done online via the
IMLeagues platform.
 May be completed at any time – including up
until the start of a game!
 Managers can drop players by emailing
nuintramurals@gmail.com
 Please note that you may not drop a player
who has already played a game for your
team.
 Players must complete a short online quiz prior
to being eligible to play.
 All rosters are found online on IMLeagues.

7. The
Captain’s
Rule
 Only the captain may clarify calls with the
officials.
 If players or other team members have
questions, issues or concerns they need to
direct them through the Captain to the
officials.
 Each Captain may respectfully question rule
interpretations, but not judgment calls.
 Judgement calls are at the sole discretion of
the presiding match officials.
 Players who are not the Captain, and who
argue with the officials, will receive an
unsportsmanlike penalty.

8. The Intramural Manager’s
Handbook
 Can be found online on the University
Recreation website and on IMLeagues.
 Managers must know all relevant policies and
communicate them to their team.
 Especially important are the policies regarding
sportsmanship expectations and ejections.
 Note that 3 unsportsmanlike penalties will end
a contest in forfeit.
 Fighting/taunting or specific violations of the code of conduct will
also result in a forfeit.

9. Team
Name
Policy
 It is the responsibility of the team manager to
submit an appropriate team name at the time of
registration.
 A student panel will review questionably
inappropriate team names, where majority will
rule regarding if the team name will be removed.
 The team name will be changed until the captain
resubmits a new team name that is deemed
appropriate.
 The full Team Name policy can be found on page
# 3 of the Intramural Manager’s Handbook.

10. Jewelry Policy
 Jewelry is not allowed to be worn by any intramural sports participants during a contest.
 This includes watches, wristbands, rings, hair ties, piercings, and all necklaces.
 Taping of earrings and other jewelry is NOT PERMITTED.
 If a player is found to be wearing jewelry during a game, they will be given an
unsportsmanlike penalty as it is a safety risk.
 There are two exceptions to this rule: spiritual/religious items and medical items.
 Exceptions for spiritual and religious items must be approved by the Center for Spirituality,
Dialogue, and Service and by the Office of Intramural Sports at least 5 days prior to the
scheduled contest.

11. The
Regular
Season
 The number of regular season games will
vary by sport due to facility availability and
the number of registered teams.
 For most sports, team managers will be able
to select their schedule preferences for the
season. Whenever possible the IM
administration will try - but cannot guarantee
- to accommodate these preferences.
 Team managers should email the Intramural
Sports office with all other scheduling
requests prior to the close of registration.
 After the schedule is published regular
season games will not be rescheduled by
team request.

12. Defaulting an IM Game
 After the schedule is published regular season games
will not be rescheduled by team request.
 However, teams that know that they cannot attend a
scheduled contest can submit a Default online.
 Defaults count as a loss but there is no penalty to the
team’s forfeit bond.
 Defaults must be submitted the day prior to a
scheduled contest. This allows us time to contact the
opposing team.
 The link to the online Default Form will be in your
registration email.
Also online at:
https://forms.gle/rrP5WAghExv
YRQm3A

13. Playoffs
 At the conclusion of each intramural sports
season a single elimination playoff
tournament will be held.
 The number of teams taken into the playoffs
will be determined by facility availability and
the number of registered teams in each
league.
 Playoff Tie-Breaker Procedures:
If two teams are tied in the standings the
following will be used to determine who will
advance:
 Sportsmanship
 Forfeited games
 Defaulted games
 Head-to-head record
 Point differential
 If there is still a tie, which ever team
registered first will advance.

14. Forfeits
 All teams in league play and some special
events must pay a $20 forfeit bond via the
provided link at the conclusion of
registration.
 Teams will lose $10 for every forfeit.
 A team that forfeits will be removed from
the league and loss their entire bond.
 Unused bonds will be refunded 2-3 weeks
after the conclusion of the season.
 Game time is forfeit time.
 It is recommended that teams show up 15
minutes before game time to avoid a forfeit.

15. Intramural
Code of
Conduct
All participants in the Intramural Sports
program must adhere to the Intramural Sports
Code of Conduct.
Including the following policies:
 3 unsportsmanlike penalties on one team in
a game will result in the termination of the
game as a forfeit against that team.
 Ejected players must leave the facility within
five minutes or their team will forfeit the
match.
 Players who have been ejected must meet
with an administrator of the intramural sports
program before they may participate in
further intramural competitions.

16. Review:
The Five
Most
Important
IM Policies
 Game time is forfeit time – please ensure you
have enough rostered players present prior to
the start of your scheduled contest.
 Only a team’s captain may confer with the
officials.
 All players must present their valid Northeastern
University issued Husky Card in order to play.
 All roster management is done via the
IMLeagues platform.
 After the season’s schedule is published regular
season games will not be rescheduled at a
team’s request.

17. 8v8 Full-Ice
Broomball
Specific
Rules &
Information

18. Location:
Matthews
Arena

19. General
Rules
 8v8 Broomball is an OPEN league
8 players on the ice court maximum
 Minimum number of players to avoid a
forfeit is 6
 Games will consist of 3 periods, each
12 minutes long
 There will be 1 minute between periods
 Mercy Rule:
 A team leading by 10 goals in the 3rd
period will automatically win

20. Player Attire
 All players on the ice must wear a helmet at all
times
 This includes warm-ups and during
scrimmages.
 Gloves, shin pads and elbow pads are not provided,
but are highly recommended
 The Intramurals staff will supply broomball sticks
and helmets
 Jeans, cargo pants and khakis are not allowed to be
worn by any player. Players must be in athletic attire.

21. Goalie
Attire

22. Goalie
Rules
 Goalies are allowed to pick up the ball in the area from
the face off circles back to their team’s own boards
 When the goalie throws, rolls or kicks the ball, it must
hit another player before crossing the half-line
 Goalies are not allowed to cross over the half line
 Goalie's may not high stick when shooting or passing
the ball
 Goalies are allowed to wear hockey shin pads, a goalie
glove and/or baseball mitt
 Goalie pads and goalie blocker gloves are illegal

23. Substitutions
 Substitutions are conducted on-the-fly.
 In the last two minutes of the game, if a
team is down by 2 goals or less, the
goalkeeper may be pulled
 This player loses all goalie rights
 This player may not substitute out

24. Violations
Hand or kick passes are not permitted.
 Players may not bobble, juggle or carry
the ball with their sticks.
 Violations will result in possession being
awarded to the non-offending team

25. Contact
Penalties
 There is NO CHECKING OR BODY CONTACT
 Players cannot use excessive body
contact to gain a competitive advantage
 Players may, at the official’s discretion,
be warned and/ or ejected for excessive
physical contact
 Any player playing in a dangerous or
reckless manner can be warned,
penalized, and/or ejected.

26. High
Sticking
Penalties
 Sticks should be kept below the level of the
crossbar at all times
 This includes penalty shots and
passing/shooting from sidelines
 This rule applies to goal keepers as well
 An infraction of this rule will result in a
penalty shot against the offending team’s
goalie.

27. Penalty
Enforcement
• Penalty shots are awarded for all
penalty infractions

28. Ties and
Tiebreaks
 All ties at the end of regulation will be ties.
 During the playoffs, ties will be decided by 12-
minute sudden-death overtime periods.

29. Now Take the Quiz!
Thank you for your interest in the Intramural Sports
program – have a great season!