THE BIG STUFF: 

• We are a NIETOC bid tournament! The number of bids will be based on the number of entries in each event. See more: http://nietoc.com/.

• Pre-registration of entries is due Monday, January 10th @ 7pm mtn.

• Asynchronous recordings and all judges must be added by Wednesday January 12th @ 7pm mtn. Judges for live events can be updated by Friday, January 14th @ 7pm mtn.

• We will be using Tabroom and rounds will be on NSDA campus, except draw events which will be held in Zoom. All student NSDA/tabroom accounts must be linked prior to the tournament. Teams are responsible for checking tech set-up and access to NSDA campus.

• Initial entry limit of 6 per event, but we anticipate clearing the waitlist.

• $8 per asynchronous entry; $10 per live competitor.

• Each school is responsible for providing judges to cover their entries. Please provide 1 judge for every 2 debate entries or every 6 IEs; please reach out if this is prohibitive. We will recruit heavily from our community. We will not pay judges who are meeting a school’s judging requirement.

• Debaters may only double in asynchronous events; students in live IEs may double across IEs with the risk of lost prep time and the responsibility to get to rounds; all students may enter asynchronous events. Limit 3 events per student.

• Events will use NSDA rules with NSDA topics (CHSAA for Value Debate/Impromptu/Creative Storytelling); 

• A coach or responsible adult that can judge must be online and available at all times during the tournament. We will request contact information. 

• We ask everyone to follow and respect the NSDA harassment and discrimination policy which can be found at https://www.speechanddebate.org/equity/ 

Events & Schedule: All times in Mountain

• Topic areas for Prepared Prompt Speaking & Prepared Commentary will be sent the morning of January 10th. 

• Students may enter in both live and asynchronous individual events (i.e. live OO and asynchronous OO). 

• Debaters may only double in asynchronous events. 

• Students in live IEs may double across IEs with the risk of lost prep time and the responsibility to get to rounds.

• All students may enter asynchronous events. Limit 3 events per student. (Examples: 1 Live debate entry and 2 async or 2 live IE events and one async event.)

• Asynchronous events will be judged by Friday, January 14th. Videos are due by Wednesday January 12th @ 7pm mtn.

Registration: 8 - 8:30am mtn

Judge Check-in: 8-8:30am mtn

Judge Overview: 8:30am - 9:00am mtn

Round 1 Draw: 8:30am mtn 

Round 1: 9am 

Round 2 Draw: 10:30am mtn 

Round 2: 11:00am

Round 3 Draw: 12:30pm

Round 3: 1:00pm

(TBD: Semi-finals depending on entry #s)

Finals: 4:00pm

Awards: 5:30pm

We reserve the right to collapse divisions or events based on entry #s; we will decide these at least one week prior to the tournament. 

JV/Varsity CX Rules:

• Varsity CX Debate is open to all CX Debate teams.

• JV CX is limited to freshmen and sophomore CX Debaters or students in their first year of competition.

• In JV CX, no Kritiks or counterplans are allowed.

• In JV CX, we will employ the NFHS Novice case limits.

Recordings:

• Publicly viewable video URLs for all asynchronous events must be added to Tabroom.com by Wednesday, January 12th at 7pm mtn. 

• Asynchronous duo may be split screen or same room. 

Pre-Registration: Pre-registration will be on Tabroom.com. All numbers will be considered final on January 10th at 7pm mtn. Drops after this may be made online but will not reduce fees. 

Fees: Entry fees will be $8 per asynchronous event; $10 per competitor for live events. Checks should be made payable to Fairview High School c/o Speech and Debate Team. Online link to follow.

Judging: Each school is responsible for providing judges to cover their entries. Judges must be available for the three preliminary rounds, semis if decided, and the final round. One judge must be provided for every 2 debate entries. One judge must be provided for every 6 events entries. Judges must be entered in Tabroom by January 12th @ 7pm mtn, final updates for live events judges by January 14th @ 7pm mtn. Judges are responsible for checking for ballots at the appropriate times. 

Anti-Bias training: All judges will be asked to complete a short anti-bias training prior to judging and to reflect on their unconscious biases prior to judging. 

Tabulation: 

• All debate rounds will be powered.

• All undefeated debaters will break to finals, subject to judge availability. (Note: we will evaluate adding semi-finals as entries and judges allow.)

• Places will be determined by win-loss, strength of opp, and speaker points.

• Team awards will be determined by percentage of entries breaking to a finals round, not total numbers.

Day of Event: All dropped entries must be made online or reviewed with Tab by 8:30am mtn. 

If you have any questions, please contact all coaches at fhsdebate@gmail.com.