NCX Rules and Schedule (online event)

NCX Rules and Schedule - THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT

Any 9th grader (or younger) or student in their first full year of policy debate may enter. 3 tournaments or less in a year is not considered a "full year". This is a limited argument tournament (packet)

NCX and NLD – these are online events and the NCX division will use a packet (see argument restrictions below)

Saturday Oct. 26, 2024 All times CDT

Pairings no later than 30 minutes before each debate.

Round 1 10 am

Round 2 1 pm

Round 3 4 pm

Sunday Oct. 27, 2024 All times CDT

Yes, this is a late start. We want the schedule to be consistent with VCX and VLD but we don’t want our west coast participants to have to start at 6 am

Pairings no later than 30 minutes before each debate.

Round 4 11:30 am

Elim 1 2:30 pm

Elim 2 5:30 pm

We will stop after 2 elims. Entries winning 2 elims will be declared co-champions and receive appropriate awards.

The novice policy division competitors must use the NDCA Novice Packet or the GFCA Novice packet, following the rollout schedule outlinedhere. Only authorized NDCA or GFCA files will be allowed in our novice policy division.

Debaters are not allowed to read any evidence not in the listed NDCA novice files or to move evidence or change tags in ways that change the substance of the argument. Debaters are encouraged to make their own non-carded arguments, as analytical arguments and extensions, including overviews and explanations of arguments.

Anyone registering novice policy teams should plan to abide by the evidence restrictions in the division. Novice policy judges will be educated about the packet and the restrictions prior to judging in the division. Schools will be expected to educate their judges about the packet and restrictions prior to the tournament.

The Texas region 2 files organized by phases in the scheduleare located here

The GFCA files are available herehttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/pdcj5o0b2ridxqgnqln6a/AChg87saIaq1QORq3IOByWg?rlkey=56assa6kzvt27znyfwd2yx9f9&e=1&st=yq7vcy0p&dl=0