My Experience with TU Intramurals- A Personal Touch

As I come to the end of my third year here at Tiffin University, I realize that my involvment in Tiffin Universities Intramural program has been little to none. As I think about this, I come to question why this is. As a freshman, I did have a lot more free time and actually participated in some of the intramurals but this did not last long. Eventually, the schoolwork and the fact that I was a member of the Track and Field program at TU began to limit my availability and my will to participate. As I grew older, my free time decreased and their was difficulty in trying to participate with RA meetings, B.U.S. meetings, and a number of different things on campus. Even though I was unable to participate, I still made time to come spectate when possible and still had the urge to want to compete with my fellow friends and peers. I had wished that the time slot for Intramurals could changed but for now, it is the best possible time for the largest amount of people. I may not be able to partake in the games and sports but I will continue to watch and see how it grows, changes, and improves in the near future. Maybe I will once again be able to participate in Intramurals before I depart from Tiffin Univeristy.

Intramurals Coming to an End

As we near the end of the school year, the Tiffin University Intramurals program is coming to an end. Unfortunately, the end of the year special of Mat Ball did not have a big a turn out as expected. Their were a good amount of teams that initially signed up and participated but as the mat ball season reached the end of the school year, less and less teams showed up. In the eyes of spectators, not many showed up from the beginning. As the program went on, less spectators showed up as well. One can assume a number of things to why this occurred. It could be the fact that finals were approaching. It could be that there were other conflicts such as student government events and organization events. It could also be that it was not entertaining enough for students. In the end, I would not call this a complete failure, but I would consider this a lose. I believe that the Intramural team should evaluate this years mat ball and try to change it up next year before calling it quits all together. Possibly move it to another time of year, change up the rules, or change the atmosphere. Any of these suggestions could work along with many others. The intramural program should take this experience and implement it into next years plan.

The OU Experience

As a Tiffin University athlete, I am presented with a great number of opportunities to visit a number of different universities and colleges around the state of Ohio, the region, as well as the nation. In the previous weekend, our Tiffin University Track and Field team traveled to the All-Ohio Track and Field Meet in Athens, Ohio. Each year, different universities around the state are given the opportunity to host this prestigious meet and in the year of 2010, Ohio University was given that opportunity. Teams from all over the state of Ohio showed up to compete against their rival teams of the state. Competition was huge between both Division I and Division II athletes and teams. With all these teams bringing in family, friends, and spectators, this is a great opportunity for the university to promote itself and for local business to promote themselves as well. The university, not only had their logo in the normal places such as the turf field, the baseball and softball diamonds, the scoreboard, and all typical places, they also did something that I have not seen in the two previous years I have attended the All-Ohio Track Meet. Ohio University placed their Ohio logo on the awards and certificates. All winners received a t-shirt and a drawstring bag that not only was black and Ohio green, but had the word Ohio on the front exactly as the Ohio University logo is. Along with OU's sponsorship of the meet, subway provided food for the coaches and local chip companies provided chips. These sponsorships were obviously agreed upon to get their image out there for potential consumers. With all the food provided for the coaches, OU had water that had an OU label on them to further promote the school and the track and field program. Over the weekend, these sponsorships began to stick out which in the end, is the main goal.

New Intramural at Tiffin University!!

As of this week, the Tiffin Intramural staff has introduced a new intramural sport for the students. That new sport is Mat Ball. Mat ball is something similar to kick ball but with a twist. It varies depending on who runs the game but the rules are something similar to the following attachment.