Whether it is an individual or team sport, through your residence hall or with your off-campus roommates, with a club to which you belong or your fraternity/sorority, intramural sports are a great way to be competitive and have lots of fun.

Different intramural sports are going on all year long. The time commitment is minimal and participation is cheap: only $10 per team and $2 for individual sports.

In recent years, enrollment has been from 22,000 to 23,000 competitors on the University Park campus.

Of these sports, football is the most popular with more than 4,500 participants last year, many of whom were on co-ed teams. This year there are more than 300 flag football teams, each with 10 members or more.

Other popular sports include basketball, soccer and softball; all had participation numbers above 2,000 last year. Several other branch campuses also have intramural programs.

Intramural sports are not just for students to participate in, the intramural program also employs more than 300 students.

Tom Lovins, the director of the division of recreational sports said, "refs are the glue that hold the program together".

No experience is necessary to referee a sport, just the desire to work with participants in a sport that you like.

Flag football, tennis singles, and golf are intramural sports that have already started this fall.

Other sports that have entry periods starting after fall break include arena football, volleyball, racquetball singles, cross-country racing, and squash singles.

More information is available in room 2 of the Intramural Building, or by calling 865-5401.

Information can also be found online at www.psu.edu/RecSports.