Cap of 5 entries per school in Open, JV, Novice.

Overflow division will be deleted, and Novice collapsed into JV.

ZRM model.

No entry fee.

Trophies limited to traveling 1st place only. 

Judges committed 2 rounds past elimination, will try to keep to one. 

Open to hiring experienced, NFA qualified (post-college) judges @$25/round, paid via check as ind. contractors.

2 Judge Strikes per entry.

Tentative Schedule (Times are CST - assumption is pairings 30m prior. )

Wednesday, March 9

5:00pm Entries & Judges Due (earlier is encouraged)

Final survey to entrants; strikes open

Friday, March 11

3:00pm ZRM Links distributed to participants, strikes due

Saturday, March 12

9:00am Please confirm entries/drops by this time

10:00am Round 1

12:00pm Round 2

2:30pm Round 3

4:30pm Round 4

6:30pm Round 5

8:30pm Elim #1

Sunday, March 13 (JV, Nov, overflow may be staggered based on final judging numbers)

10:00am Elim 2 

12:00pm Elim 3

ASAP Awards

2:30pm Elim 4

4:30pm Elim 5

6:00pm Elim 6

8:00pm Elim 7 

ASAP If another elim is needed (We believe this is HIGHLY unlikely) 

JV means 4 or fewer semesters, calculated per NFA definition (3+ tournaments). Novice means first 2 semesters of policy debate experience. 

All 3-2 will clear, and perhaps many 3-3 depending on elim judge math. We will clarify by March 11. 
Once cleared, our double elim will use the OLD NSDA rules (undefeateds hit, once defeateds hit - when possible). Bye to highest seeded once defeated who hasn't received it yet, unless a semi where undefeated bye into finals and once defeated debate for the other finals slot. Undefeated losing in final round takes 2nd place. 

Tech Time Rules:

If debates occur utilizing an online venue, tournaments may permit each team to be allocated up to 10 minutes of “Tech Time” for resolving exclusively tech-related problems (e.g. internet connection, audio/video issues). Tech time should not be used as additional standard prep time. If the time elapses before the team can resolve the issue, they will forfeit the debate. In the event a speech needs to be redelivered entirely or in part, the time for that should count as tech time for the team experiencing the problem, if their tech time runs out while giving the speech the remaining time should be deducted from prep time. In the event a speech needs to be redelivered entirely or in part due to a judge tech issue, the judge must communicate the issue to the tab room immediately in order to minimize delays in the tournament schedule.