The purpose of this investigation was to determine the rate of injury in eight intramural league sports at a small (< 3,000 students) private college in the southeastern United States. The number and types of injuries were tracked during the 2011–2012 and 2012–2013 academic years for eight intramural league sports: flag football, softball, floor hockey, volleyball, 3v3 basketball, ultimate frisbee, soccer, and 5v5 basketball. For the two academic years combined, the injury rate was 5.56 (95% confidence interval, or CI, = [4.67, 6.61]) per 100 participants; the major injury rate was 0.37 (95% CI = [0.19, 0.73]) per 100 participants. By assessing the rate of injury for intramural sports, intramural staff can strategically implement action plans to minimize risk and be better prepared to respond to injuries when they occur.

The extent to which gender equity-related items were perceived to be provided for equally in women's club and intramural sports programs when compared with men's programs was sought. Subjects consisted of 1000 National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) members/professionals; 58.8% were male and 41.2% female. A five-point Likert-scale questionnaire ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree was used to acquire data. Of the 21 total items on the questionnaire, 10 were relevant to club and intramural sports programs, 10 to club sports programs and one to intramural sports programs. Chi square values were computed to determine if statistically significant differences existed between males and females for club sports and also for intramural sports. Findings revealed that each of the 10 shared gender equity-related items for women's intramural sports programs were being provided for equally at higher perceived rates of agreement when compared with women's club sports programs (the overall difference being 11.7%). The differences (unfavorable for women's club sports programs) were highest for off-campus publicity (14.9%) and on-campus publicity (14.8%). For all items, less than 70% of the professionals perceived women's club sports programs as being provided for equally when compared with men's and approximately three-fourths believed the same for women's intramural programs.

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