- Captains are responsible for making sure you have players on your team that will follow the rules. Also the captains are responsible for reading these rules to his or her players.

   - If you have any problems with officials or any appeals from a game they can be heard first, by the Director of Intramurals and then taken up with the Dean of Student Affairs

   -University employees are eligible to play

   -  Must be enrolled in at least 6 hrs of undergrad or 5 hrs of grad (1/2 time-student) each semester to be eligible to play.

  - There will be a fee assessed to the manager if team forfeits games.
          a. 1 forfeit - penalty is a warning
           b. 2 forfeits - penalty is a $20 fine
           c. 3 forfeits - penalty is another $ 20 fine
          d. 4 forfeits - penalty is another $ 20 fine
          e. 5 forfeits - team will not be allowed to play any more games for the duration of the season.

  -  There is a $20 team fee that is to be paid with in the first week of play. At the Dean of Student Services office in F.A. 126.
        a. If your team does not pay within the first week of play your team will forfeit games (which forfeit penalties will be assessed) until the team fee is paid.

  - Games will be 7 innings or 50 minutes in length. The home plate official will call the game time.

  -  There will be a 5 run limit per inning except the last inning which is unlimited runs.

  -  Batters will start out with a 1 BALL and 1 STRIKE count.

  -  If a male is walked and there is two outs, and a female bats behind him, he is allowed second base and she is allowed first base.

  -  There must be four females on the field at least one in the outfield, infield, and pitcher or catcher.

  -  If your team has 9 players at the end of the lineup your team must take an automatic out.

  -  If your team has 8 players at the end of the line up your team must take two automatic outs.

  -  If your team has 6 players or less, your team will forfeit the game.

  - There can be no instances of three males hitting in a row.

  - You can not steal bases or bunt

  - When pitching the ball must arch between 6 ft  and 10 ft. The strike zone is at the discretion of the home plate umpire.  If he feels it broke along your chest area and was a strike then it was a strike. Any excessive arguing will get you kicked out of the game.

  - You must slide at any base if it is a close play. If you do not and the umpire feels you should have you will be called out.

  - If you make any unnecessary contact with an opponent at any base then you will be called out.

  - No metal cleats

  - The only base that you can run through, after the initial hit, is first base.

  - You have until 10 minutes after the scheduled start time of the game to get your players there. Any time after this and you will be forced to forfeit.

 

Ex-Athlete Rule (For Softball Only)

  - There can be only 4 ex-athletes per team.

         a.  You are an ex-athlete if you have ever played baseball or softball at any university or college at any time (example baseball 5 years ago at NOC for one game) (or two years ago softball at NWOSU for one year). 

         b.  If you are the this year’s baseball or softball roster you are not eligible to play coed softball

        c. It can be at the MOST 2 males and 2 females. ( Not 3 males and 1 female or vice versa )

       d.  If approached about playing softball and baseball according to the rule and the person is not truthful of his or her status then that person will not be allowed back to play coed softball for the season.

    e.  This rule only affected baseball and softball players, not football, soccer, basketball, etc…players.

     g.  If you have played any kind of professional athletics, you are not allowed to play coed softball, and this includes minor league baseball.

     h. All other players on the team must sign a form saying that they are not an ex-athlete. If we find out this is not true then all games that person played in will be forfeits and that person may be removed from intramurals.