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I was just wondering, since I'm a HS senior, what's the difference between the two?

By Chim_Chim (Chim_Chim) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 01:21 am: Edit

I think club teams play against other schools, but intramurals only play against other teams from the same school. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 12:25 pm: Edit

intramurals are just like playing with a group of friends...it can be hardly called as an official game...

By Exonian04 (Exonian04) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 02:04 pm: Edit

Chim Chim is correct.

By Elgorila (Elgorila) on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 11:55 pm: Edit

I see, and how competitive are club sports? Because I play HS basketball and want to continue in college, but not if its too hardcore.

By Chim_Chim (Chim_Chim) on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 12:06 am: Edit

I've always been under the impression that club sports are only in sports where they don't have a varsity. Like say the school doesn't offer crew as a varsity sport, then crew might be offered as club sport so they can play other schools still.

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 11:29 am: Edit

I must say club sports are pretty competitive....intramurals are just BS....i would rather go with my freinds and play a game than to play in intramurals

By Elgorila (Elgorila) on Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 01:17 pm: Edit

Becks, say a college had club basketball, how would you compare its competitiveness to a decent HS varsity team? Can anyone confirm what Chim Chim said? Also, do colleges usually have more than one team per club sport?

By Darussian (Darussian) on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 07:40 pm: Edit

Hey Elgorila, I also play basketball and am an expert on college ball. It really depends on what division you play in.

If you plan on a division 2 or 3 team, the comp. is pretty easy in my opinion. It's just about the level of most varisity teams except the ballers are taller.

Division 1 is the best, even a weak team. The comp. is heavy and most players are on scholarships. Look at the schools you're applying to and see what level they are on.

By Elgorila (Elgorila) on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 09:50 pm: Edit

DaRussian, I'm not really looking to play on a school's NCAA team. I'd rather play at the club level. Do you know how competitive it is, say, compared to a HS varsity team?

BTW, the schools I'm applying to that have D3 teams are CMU, U Chicago, and NYU. Are you looking to play in college?

Edit: when you say tall, how tall do you mean? Because some of the better teams my school plays have guys who are around 6'6", 6'8".

By Televelis (Televelis) on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 08:53 am: Edit

Club sports at my school are just sports that students have chosen to start up, rather than the school. For example, we have ultimate frisbee, table tennis, lacrosse, skiing, and snowboarding. What classifies all of these as club sports is that students started them, with the approval of an adviser and the school. Also, they're not part of the organization that sponsors sports activities in Oregon (I can't remember which).

So, they're a little less official. However, they do contain varsity and nonvarsity and are just as competetive.