Team captains serve as a contact between RecSports Office and their team. Matters affecting the team are communicated to each team captain in most cases, and in turn they are responsible for conveying the information to their team members.

Teams are required to designate ONE individual playing in their contest to serve as the liaison between members of your team/spectators and the RecSports official(s)/staff member(s). It is necessary for this person to have a thorough knowledge and understanding of game rules and program policies and procedures.

Captains’ duties include all of the following: 

• Inform members of your team about activities available, foster and promote participation.
• Enter the team in the desired sport before or on the announced deadline date. To register your team, you will submit a roster online.
• Represent, or see that the team is represented, at all RecSports meetings for captains, sportsmanship/disciplinary matters and/or protests. Cooperate fully with all RecSports employees while they are performing their duties.
• Teams are permitted to add eligible players throughout the league season. CAPTAINS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO EDIT THEIR OWN ROSTERS ONLINE.  If you want to add a new player on the night of a game, he or she may be added at game time by writing his or her name and campus email on the roster. ANY PLAYER ADDING AT GAME TIME MUST PRESENT THEIR I-CARD TO CHECK IN! In order for that player to be eligible for play the following week, his or her picture must appear on your roster—in other words, you must add the player to your roster online as well.  Roster updates must be completed by midnight on Thursday for new players to be eligiible to play the following week. If a player's picture is not on your roster at tournament time, he or she will not be permitted to play.  Once a player has played twice for one team he or she may not switch to another team. A player may only switch teams once within a sport season.
• Be sure that all players on your team have knowledge of and meet the eligibility regulations. If in doubt about a player's eligibility, have that person complete an eligibility petition form prior to participation.
• Study procedures governing participation in the program and the rules of each sport. Be sure that your players are also aware of these rules. Inform and educate all players and spectators affiliated with your team about the sportsmanship rating system, which may be found in Section XVII.
• Notify all team members of the date, place, and time of each contest the individual and/or team plays. (Teams are responsible for checking schedules in person or online). Schedules are posted Friday evenings for the following week on the RecSports bulletin board located outside the Hart 227 Office and on the RecSports website at http://activities.byui.edu/sports/recreational/. (Section XVII) Only the schedules posted outside of Hart 227 and on the RecSports website will be considered official.

  All scheduling requests must be completed by Thursday at 5:00pm for the following week.

   

 Requests submitted online after the Friday before league play begins will not be honored—you must submit all requests in person to the RecSports Office Hart 227. The RecSports Office will not accept verbal agreements between opponents. (Section XIII)

• Check in with the official(s) on site before your scheduled game and fill out your score sheet legibly with members of your team who will participate. Verify that all players are checked in and eligible to participate.
• Cooperate fully with officials/student & administrative staff regarding enforcement of policies and procedures.
• Provide extra personnel, such as scorekeepers, when requested.
• Maintain control of your team and spectator behavior in terms of conduct, safety and sportsmanship before, during and after your RecSports game.
• In the event a player and/or spectator is ejected from the game, assume immediate responsibility for ensuring the player(s)/spectator(s) cooperate and leave the vicinity within the allotted three (3) minutes. RecSports employees will not be responsible for communicating or directing the individual(s) to leave. The game will not resume until the player has left. Failure to comply completely with removal of the individual(s) from the vicinity within three (3) minutes will result in forfeiting your contest.
• Notify the RecSports Staff of any safety hazards/injuries/concerns regarding equipment, facilities, etc. Please share with your team the RecSports policy regarding first aid supplies and the need to prepare yourselves to play.

If the designated game captain is unable to finish their responsibilities for any reason (injury, illness, receives any red card not associated with spectators, etc.) the team must appoint a playing member to take over their duties for the remainder of the game. Any captain that gets ejected will not remain as captain for the remainder of the season.

A contest may not continue without a designated captain. RecSports employees reserve the right to require teams to re-appoint a team captain when deemed necessary. Game rules will be distributed at the captain's meeting. Game rules, policies/procedures, etc. are also discussed at the meeting. Each sport will have information printed and available on the RecSports website and outside Hart 227 three weeks prior to the event.