Magnolia District Qualifier

for the 2021 National Tournament

Procedure: Big Questions

District Qualification Process for Big Questions Debate 

 For additional information about debate rules and access to resources and judge training, visit the Big Questions website at www.NSDABigQuestions.org. 

Entries/Qualification Process 

•  The top-placing student at each district’s Big Questions division will qualify to the National Tournament. 

•  District chairs must elect to hold a Big Questions national qualifying event on the Tabroom.com District Dates form. 

•  Districts will not be eligible to receive a sub-grant for hosting a Big Questions event. 

•  Big Questions entries will not count toward a school’s district entry limits. 

•  The district Big Questions division may be held in conjunction with the district tournament or as a stand-alone event on a separate date as long as it occurs before May 1. The district event must meet the following requirements: 

•  Minimum of 10 high school competitors. 

•  All students must compete as individuals. 

•  All competitors must be NSDA members and eligible to compete in the district tournament series. 

•  More than one school in attendance. 

•  The event must be organized through or with the permission of the district chair. 

•  The event will follow the tabulation method chosen by the District Committee for all other debate events. This includes the double down method or the pilot method.  

•  The top-placing student will not be eligible to compete at the National Tournament if they have qualified in a main event. Students may choose to attend the National Tournament in Big Questions instead of World Schools Debate. 

•  If the Big Questions district event is held before the district’s main National Qualifying tournament, the top-placing student’s name may be withdrawn and replaced with an alternate’s if the top-placing student qualifies in another event. 

•  Only entries composed of individual debaters may compete at Nationals. 

•  Each qualifier must provide a full-time judge for the entirety of the competition at the National Tournament. Students who do not provide a full-time judge will not be permitted to enter.