NCFL membership information

Dear Speech and Debate Coach:

            This letter invites you to join the National Catholic Forensics League (NCFL) through the Sacramento area chapter.  NCFL is a national speech and debate organization which is open to any high school in the United States which is a member of a local chapter.  NCFL holds a national championship tournament every year during Memorial Day weekend.   This school year, the NCFL national championship tournament will be either online or held in Minneapolis on May 29-30, 2021.  The Sacramento chapter holds a qualifier tournament for the national championship tournament which will be January 23-(and for debate elimination rounds only) 24, 2021.  The tournament will be online.  The number of students in each event which the league can send to the national tournament is based on the number of members the league has.  More information about the NCFL is available at the NCFL’s web site, www.ncfl.org.  The speech events for the NCFL are similar to the National Speech and Debate Association events.  However, there are some differences.  I strongly encourage you to read the event descriptions on the NCFL web site. 

            The local chapters have the same geographic boundaries as the local Archdiocese.  If a league does not exist for the Archdiocese where a high school is located, the school can compete in the closest league.  Public schools and schools with any other religious affiliation may join and participate.

            The fee to join the NCFL is $50.  Each school that wants to join must complete the league membership form at the NCFL website, www.ncfl.org (click on the school membership form on the home page) and return it to me with a check made out to the National Catholic Forensics League by Monday, December 18, 2020.  This date is necessary because the entry forms and checks must be mailed to the NCFL national office no later than December 19, 2020.  I will mail all entries and checks I receive to the national office.  Membership forms received by me between December 19, 2020 and, January 14, 2021 must pay $55 to join the NCFL.  Membership forms received between January 15, 2021 and January 28, 2021 must pay $60 to join NCFL.  Those entries will count toward the league quota for the national tournament.  NCFL membership forms and league dues received after January 28, 2020 are acceptable, but will not count toward the league quota.  If the league has 16 schools join, the league will have 4 qualifiers in each event to NCFL Nationals.  If the league has 21 schools join, the league will have 5 qualifiers in each event to NCFL Nationals.  If paying the membership fee is a problem, please contact me and we can discuss that.

            There will also be an entry fee for competition in the qualifier tournament in order to cover the operating costs of that tournament.  Please email the form to me at gberg542@gmail.com or send your league membership form and check to Stephen Goldberg, 2055 Rio De Oro Way, Sacramento, CA 95826.  If getting payment to me is a problem, please send the form and I can add the membership dues to your fees for the qualifier tournament. 

            If you have any questions, feel free to call me on, my cell phone at (916) 712-0782 or e-mail me at gberg542@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Stephen Goldberg

League Moderator

Sacramento NCFL