Student leadership is emphasized, and the club members plan their own schedule of activities. A club's growth is determined by active student involvement and participation. The Student Leader is the communicator with the Recreational Sports Office, and all information concerning sport club policies and procedures are directed to this person.
Each sport club shall have a Sport Club Council Representative as a member of the Sport Club Council. Each representative must be a currently enrolled student member of a recognized sport club. The Sport Club Council shall advise the Sport Club Staff in administering the Sport Club Program. Its three main functions are as follows:
1. To promote participation in the Sport Club Program
2. To provide a medium for the exchange of information regarding Sport Club policies and procedures contained in the Sport Club Manual.
3. To listen to all new Sport Club Recognition Requests and vote on a recommendation to the Sport Club Staff on the approval of a new club.
The Sport Club Council will have an Executive Board, which shall consist of five student members. Each year four Sport Club Council Representatives will be elected from among their peers at the last Sport Club Council Meeting in the spring semester. All board members shall serve a term, which runs from August through July. Executive Board members can also represent their club at each Sport Club Council meeting as the Sport Club Representative.
The deadline for new clubs to apply for funding from the Recreational Sports Office is January for the spring semester.
There is a maximum $500 allocation for the first semester for all new Sport Clubs.
Clubs should drive no more than five hundred (500) miles in a twenty-four (24) hour period. Clubs may not drive between the hours of 10pm and 6am.
Clubs are limited to certain allotments for their travel and competitions. Club members finance a large portion of their participation expenses from personal savings.
Members of any club, within the Sport Clubs Program, must be registered for at least one hour of course work with the University of North Texas.
Fund raising projects must be approved at least two weeks prior to the start of the project, by the Assistant Director of Sport Clubs.
Any policy, regarding the internal operation of a club, may be implemented providing that the majority of club members and the Recreational Sport Office agree on the policy.
Clubs will not be funded for tournaments which award scholarships to the individual, unless the award can be used to benefit the entire club.