Over The Line Rules
Play is governed by OMBC Over the Line rules with the following modifications:
- All Intramural Sports participants are required to carry his/her UNLV issued RebelCard at all times and must bring the card to all games. Intramural Sports Staff will check all participant IDs with the printed team roster before any player will be allowed to participate.
- Game rosters will be based on the Team Roster Form submitted to Intramural Sports before the start of play. Roster additions may occur up to the starting time of a team’s last game.
- Intramural Sports does not take responsibility for injuries that are related to Intramural Sports activities. It is suggested that all participants and spectators acquire health insurance before participating or observing.
- Team captains are responsible for their team members and fans. Obscene and/or abusive language will not be tolerated. Participants or spectators using obnoxious or foul language will be penalized or result in a team penalty.
- Please refer to the Intramural Sports Policy Book for complete Intramural Sports requirements and policies.
- Players must wear basketball/athletic type shorts/pants. These shorts/pants must not have pockets, pouches, loops, belts, zips, zippers, clips, buckles, buttons, or snaps. Torn shorts/pants may not be worn during play, and shorts may not be worn inside out. Denim material will not be allowed.
- Players may not participate with equipment that the Intramural Staff deems to be dangerous to other participants. Hard cast, metal or plastic braces, hats, and jewelry of any type are examples of illegal equipment. ALL visible body piercing must be removed or covered using a player’s own equipment or bandages.
- Jerseys/Shirts
- In order to play teams MUST wear shirts of the SAME color (i.e. light blue is NOT the same as dark blue).
- All shirts/jerseys must have legible numbers on at least one side (back or front of shirt) and must be legible from a distance of 6 feet. Numbers must be permanent on the shirt in a non-fading medium such as marker or paint. Taped on numbers are not allowed.
- No two teammates may have the same shirt/jersey number.
- If a player is #0 then that number must appear on the jersey.
- In the event two teams arrive wearing the same color and are unable to switch to a different color, jerseys will be made available.
- There are no shirts/jerseys available for check out.
- Each player must wear shoes. They must be made of soft, pliable upper material that covers the entire foot. Metal cleats or screw-in cleats are NOT allowed – NO EXCEPTIONS! Tennis shoes and molded plastic cleats are acceptable.
- Players are not allowed to use gloves for fielding. Taping of hands and fingers permissible if no padding is used.
- Golf gloves may be used for batting.
- THE PLAYERS: Three players per team. Substitues allowed if a player has not played for any other team. A replaced player may not re-enter the same game but may play in subsequent games.
- AT-BAT POSITIONS: Bat from home marked plate. Teammate pitches the ball from anywhere in front of "The Line" or its extensions
- FIELDING POSITIONS: Fielders may play anywhere past "THE LINE" or its extentions
- HITS:
- A ball hit into fair territory on the fly without being caught out by fielders.
- Any ball touched and dropped by fielders.
- A fielder crossing "THE LINE" or its extensions when attempting to ctach the ball.
- HOME-RUNS: Any ball that is hit into fair territory and hits the back netting without touching the floor or a fiedler.
- OUTS:
- Two foul balls
- Fly balls caught by the fielders
- Ball hitting "The Line" or not hit over "The Line"
- Ball hit into unfair territory
- Batting out fo turn *The pitcher crossing "The Line" after the ball has been hit
- FOULS:
- Any ball landing outside the fair territory lines
- Any false pitch
- Any taken pitch
- SCORING:
- Each hit without the batter getting caught by a fielder or going out of unfair territiory is worth 1 hit. A player who bats the ball into the netting without touching the floor, being caught and or going out into unfair territiory gets a home-run, worth 2 hits.
- Fielders may not stand on the back walls to get an advantage to catch these types of hits. If defensive team is caught doing this, a 2 hit penatly will be awarded.
- Intentional throwing of the bat is a home-run penatly
- GAME LENGTH:
- Games will be three innings
- 9 at bats or 3 outs, which ever comes frist in the inning
- If tied after the end of three innings, teams will play an additional inning to break the tie.
- If teams are still tied after this fourth inning, then the match will be called a tie.
- After the end of two innings if a team is up by eighteen run lead, then the match will be over.
- OFFICIATING: Games will be self officatied by each team. Captain of each team will be resposible for keeping track of hits and home-runs. Scores will need to be repoted to intramural superivisor on scene.
- GAME TIMING & FORFEITS:
- Games will start on time, teams must have three players to play
- Games will start consecutively ten minutes after each other.



