Lampasas (Online) and Bowie (In-Person) TFA IQT Swing -

September 19th (Online), September 20th (Online), and September 21st (In-Person)

Hosted at James Bowie High School

4103 W Slaughter Ln, Austin, TX 78749

We will be offering all TFA qualifying events as long as they meet minimum entry requirements. We will communicate leading up to the week of the tournament regarding those events that need help with entries. In addition, we will be following all TFA rules and regulations laid out in the TFA Constitution. There MUST be a school employee with students attending at all times throughout the day or the school risks being disqualified in all events. This applies for the online and in-person portion. A school employee should be available to contact in case something happens during the online portions of the tournament.

The Lampasas side of the swing will be FULLY ONLINE! We will start rounds on Thursday September 19th and continue and finish the tournament on Friday September 20th. The Bowie side of the swing will be FULLY IN-PERSON at James Bowie High School on Saturday.

Lampasas and Bowie students will be participating in the Home Initiative on their respective sides of the swing. Additionally, we will panel elimination rounds of debate starting in semi-finals but a good faith attempt will be made to provide them in quarters. All elimination rounds will have three judges in Individual Events. We will use high-low for power matching the third round of debate. We will NOT break brackets in debate events. Novice CX debate will be required to use theNDCA Novice Packet.

Sweepstakes Formula

1 pt for each win in debate, 10 pts for non-advancing quarter finals, 12 for non-advancing semi-finalists, 15 for 2nd in debate, and 20 for 1st in debate.

1st-20, 2nd-15, 3rd-12, 4th-10, 5th-8, 6th-6 will be the point assignment for individual events.

Topics:

CX:will use the NFHS 2024-2025 Policy Topic.

LD:will use the 2024 NSDA Sept/Oct LD Topic

PF: will use the 2024 NSDA Sept/Oct PF Topic.

Novice Extemp: All rounds will be about the US Economy.

Lampasas Congress Prelims: 11-15 (In that order)

Lampasas Congress Finals:16-20 (In that order)

Bowie Congress Prelims: 15-11 (In that order)

Bowie Congress Finals: 20-16 (In that order)

Lampasas WSDRD 1 and RD 2: This House regrets the dominance of the two-party system in American politics.

Lampasas WSD Finals: This House prefers conditional foreign aid to unconditional aid.

Bowie WSD RD 1 and RD 2: This House believes that the environmental rights of future generations supersede the economic interests of current generations.

Bowie WSD Finals: This House believes that the acquisition of startups by large corporations does more harm than good.

Fees:

Congress: $15 per entry

1 Judge for every 10 entries or portion thereof or Missing Judge Fee: $200

Individual Events: $15 per entry

1 Judge for every 10 entries or portion thereof or Missing Judge Fee: $100

NLD: $30 per entry

VLD: $40 per entry

1 Judge for every 4 entries or portion thereof or Missing Judge Fee: $125

NPF: $40 per entry

VPF: $40 per entry

1 Judge for every 4 entries or portion thereof or Missing Judge Fee: $125

CX / WSD: $40 per entry

1 Judge for every 2 entries or portion thereof or Missing Judge Fee: $125

Interested Hired Judges Should Fill out this form:https://forms.gle/vAdM99Vo3ZcuL5MfA

NOTE: We can process payments only for individuals authorized to work in the United States. This requires a valid Social Security number and the completion of a W-9 form.