Norman North Mnemosyne

2022 — Norman, OK/US

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Champs Policy

Event Description:

1. Debate teams must qualify together as a team and two debaters must participate in every round by giving a constructive speech, a rebuttal speech, and asking and answering questions during cross-examination. When a three-person team qualifies, any two of those team members will be considered qualified for regionals. In case of an emergency, a school will be allowed to substitute one (1) team member if the substitution is approved by the Association. No partner substitutions will be allowed after the debate competition begins. In team debate, no debater may qualify for regionals more than three separate times. Any subsequent qualification will be invalid for that debater and his/her partner(s).

2. The following order and times shall be observed and the timekeeper shall say stop at the end of regulation time for each speech:

a) First Affirmative Constructive 8 minutes

b) Cross-examination 3 minutes

c) First Negative Constructive 8 minutes

d) Cross-examination 3 minutes

e) Second Affirmative Constructive 8 minutes

f) Cross-examination 3 minutes

g) Second Negative Constructive 8 minutes

h) Cross-examination 3 minutes

i) First Negative Rebuttal 5 minutes

j) First Affirmative Rebuttal 5 minutes

k) Second Negative Rebuttal 5 minutes

l) Second Affirmative Rebuttal 5 minutes

m) Preparation time will not exceed eight (8) minutes per team. Data transfer between teams must occur during this time. No additional prep time will be given.

1. Each judge will award the decision to the affirmative or negative team; will rank each debater 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th (no ties); and will award speaker points on a six (6) point scale. Speech 2020-21 SPE 18 OSSAA

2. All debaters shall have available during each round complete citations for each piece of evidence introduced to include the name of the author, qualifications, complete source title, complete date and page number. Lack of a full citation shall void any effect of that piece of evidence in the round. Should two or more quotations be used from the same source, the complete citation need be given only for the first piece of evidence used from that source. Either no internal ellipsis (Ellipses occur after the first word of the quotation and before the final word) may be used in evidence cited on a card, or ellipses may be shown on cards, if the original source or a copy is present. The evidence may be read in ellipse form, but the entirety of the evidence must be available in one of the two ways cited. Personal letters or telegrams shall not be admissible as evidence.

3. Judges may read evidence after the round for a period of time not to exceed five (5) minutes.

4. Proof of falsification of evidence will result in removal from the competition. (See Section VII, Subpoint E, 2) Proof of falsification is not subject to the two (2) hours protest filing rule.

5. The use of profanity and vulgarities is forbidden and may result in a speaker rating of 0 or disqualification and a protest being filed with the tournament director.

6. Verbal prompting other than calling time is considered a violation of ethics and will result in a speaker rating of 0.

7. The debate question will be chosen by the NUEA Committee and made available through the office of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.

8. The semi-final losers shall debate for third place if necessary to determine qualification.

9. A debate team may consist of two (2) or three (3) members. Each team member must debate at that contest. Only two (2) members of the team may participate in any way during the round. On a three (3) member team, team members will be designated by the coach for each round at the time of entry.

10. Forfeiting a round to gain an advantage for the school will be a violation except in elimination rounds.

11. After teams have debated preliminary rounds (including round robin), qualifying for the placement on the bracket will be based on the following criteria: (1) win-loss record; (2) (only used to break a two-way tie) head-to-head meeting; (3) total speaker points; (4) total speaker ranks; (5) opponents’ win-loss records; (6) opponents’ speaker ranks; and (7) opponents’ speaker points. In all divisions of debate, when only 3 rounds occur, all winning records must advance. a) Placing teams on a 16 point bracket will be in this manner: See bracket on page SPE26. b) Placing teams on an eight-point bracket from preliminary rounds will be in the following manner: SPE29.

12. In qualifying tournaments the round-robin or bracket system is optional and will be determined by the tournament director. At least three (3) preliminary rounds must occur to result in regional qualification. If sixteen (16) or more compete, eight (8) must be advanced to elimination rounds. If thirty-two (32) or more compete, at least sixteen (16) must be advanced to elimination rounds. If sixty-four (64) or more compete, at least thirty-two (32) must be advanced to elimination rounds. At the discretion of the Tournament Director, to avoid the elimination from competition of debaters with exact win-loss records, partial-elimination brackets will be allowed, giving sufficient byes to the higher seeded contestants to fill the bracket. Partial-brackets will not be broken.

13. In 3A/4A regional tournaments that use double elimination, when nine (9) teams are entered, the four (4) teams with the best records from the preliminary rounds will qualify for bracketing. When ten (10) or more teams are entered, eight (8) teams will qualify for bracketing.

14. Speaker points for byes will be awarded on average of speaker points of other rounds debated. A team who forfeits receives 0 speaker ratings and speaker ranks of 3 and 4. A team who is forfeited to receives an average of their speaker ratings and ranks of 1 and 2.

15. Teams from the same school should not be paired against each other in the first elimination round. The minimum amount of bracket movement must be used. No brackets shall be broken after the first elimination round has occurred. When moving teams to break the bracket, move the lower seeded team. Partial elimination rounds are not considered the first elimination round for the purpose of breaking brackets.

16. At all double elimination tournaments, brackets will not be broken to prevent two teams from the same school from meeting.

17. The use of electronic retrieval systems during the rounds are not allowed for contestants. This includes, but is not limited to computers, cell phones, MPs, and pagers. (See exceptions in #23)

18. When mixed classes debate in qualifying divisions, wins will be recorded as wins; losses will be recorded as losses, and elimination rounds must be separated by class.

19. In all debate events, all students unable to return to scheduled competition on Saturday must notify the tournament director before registration. Changes made after registration will be counted as a “Drop at Registration”: and fees will be assessed by the tournament director. Students marked as “not returning” will not be reinstated after round 1 has begun.

20. The use of laptop computers by competitors in cross-examination, public forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate rounds are permissible for flowing and/or evidence retrieval so long as wire or wireless connections are disabled and remain disabled while the debate is in progress.

a) Computers equipped with removable wireless cards must have the cards removed before the beginning of any round of competition. It is the responsibility of the contestant to disengage equipment. 2020-2021 Speech SPE 19

b) Computers with built-in wireless capability may be used only if the wireless capability is disabled. It is the responsibility of the contestant to disable the equipment.

c) Wired connections (Ethernet or phone) during rounds of competition are not permitted.

d) Computers or other electronic devices may not be used to receive information from any sources (coaches or assistants included) inside or outside the room in which the competition occurs. Internet access, use of email, instant messaging, or other means of receiving information from sources inside or outside the competition room are prohibited. (This does not prohibit non-electronic communication between debate partners during prep time.)

e) Sanction: Contestants found to have violated provisions a-c above shall forfeit the round of competition and receive zero points. Contestants found to have violated provision d above shall be disqualified from the tournament and shall forfeit all rounds. Contest directors shall be empowered with the final decision concerning disqualification.

f) Availability of Evidence: Contestants electing to use computers shall have the responsibility to promptly/immediately provide a copy of any evidence read in a speech for inspection by the judge or opponent. Printers may be used. Evidence may be printed in the round but must be provided in a format readable by the opposing team and the judge.

g) Contestants electing to use computers are responsible for providing their own computers, batteries, extension cords and all other necessary accessories. Tournament hosts shall not be responsible for providing computers, printers, software, paper or extension cords for contestants.

h) Contestants choosing to use laptop computers accept the risk of equipment failure. No special consideration or accommodations, including no additional prep time or speech time, will be given by judges, contest directors or tournament hosts should equipment failure occur. By choosing to use laptop computers in the round, debaters are consenting to give tournament officials the right to search their files, and/or email chains. Debaters who do not wish to consent should not use computers in the round.

23. Access to the internet can ONLY be utilized for email chains between the participants and the judge in a particularly assigned edebate, so long as the participants and judge agree. Any outside interference or inclusion in an email chain, instant messaging, or any other way communicating with any person not involved in that particularly assigned debate will immediately result in disqualification of offended team/person. If any persons or person of non high school age are found violating this rule, it will be considered a violation of ethics and a letter of reprimand will be sent to the administration of the offending person or persons; by the OSSAA, as well as immediate disqualification of the offended team/person. Any access to the internet for any other reason will be considered a violation resulting in disqualification.