Victoria East High Speech and Debate Tournament

November 13 - 14, 2020

The Victoria East Speech and Debate is pleased to announce our annual TFA State Qualifying Tournament to be held November 13 - 14, 2020. 

This year's tournament will be hosted online thru Tabroom. All IE's except Extemp will be Asynchronous. Videos for IE's must be submitted no later than November 10 at 4:00 PM.  

Entries must be made by Tuesday, November 10, 2020 4:00 pm.  Drops and adds will be taken until Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4 pm.  Entry fees will be assessed at that time.  Penalty for drops after that date and time will result in the loss of the entry fees.  CX teams and LD debaters dropped at registration will be charged an additional $50.00 drop fee.  CX teams and LD debaters that no show their prelim rounds will be charged an additional $50.00 dollars. 

Cross Entering is at your own risk. 

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Victoria East High School (361-788-2820) and ask for either extension: 38219 (Mr. Winn).   The best way to contact our program is via email at: 

bryan.winn@visd.net  

We are looking forward to having you here. 

Bryan Winn

All necessary information is enclosed. Please read all rules and instructions carefully to avoid any misunderstanding, and realize contestants cross enter at their own risk. There must be one judge on campus. Debate entries will not be accepted if you do not provide a debate judge or pay judging fees.  

We will only be accepting entries and changes online, unless it is an immediate emergency. In this case please contact Bryan Winn. 

Debate Topics

Policy: 

Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

LD - The November/December NSDA LD Topic

PF - The Nov/Dec NSDA Topic

Judges

All schools will be responsible for providing judges for the events their team enters.  Missing judges will result in additional judging fees for your school/entry.  

Congress

An adult will serve as the PO in Super Congress.  Students can be PO in prelims, but that individual can not be cross entered in another event. 

Congress Bills

Prelims 1-15

Super 16-30