Have you ever heard of intramural broomball? No, seriously, it still exists.

The evolution of broomball exemplifies how incredibly tough it is to get a new intramural sport off the ground. It is even tougher when students don’t seem interested in playing. After all, players make the sport.

Last fall, Creighton intramurals tried to start the sport, but it didn’t happen. Nearly all the brooms broke, and the sport had to be cancelled after one set of games.

With new brooms, broomball is back. The game is still being adapted, but the players are having a great time.

“The players have been very patient with us and are going with the flow,” intramural supervisor Robert Johnson said. “It helps that the players enjoy the game and have fun playing.”

Jason Gant, assistant director of campus recreation, said the original idea was to make it a large intramural sport. However, it’s not quite ready to become a big-time sport because players aren’t gravitating towards it.

For the intramural staff, they are simply trying to get word out about the sport’s greatness. The kinks are getting worked out, and the sport is ready to become huge. Now it’s up to  students.

Intramurals are a great way to stay active and have fun. The staff, led by Gant, is trying to make broomball great. In order to do so, they need more players that want to participate and have a great time.

“It’s a great addition to intramurals,” Arts & Sciences sophomore Collin Atkinson said. “It’s a new, competitive, fun game that’s fun to play with your friends.”

Essentially, the key to broomball is simple: willing participants. When students want to have a good time and are willing to adapt, great things can happen.