Judge Requrements

WSD – 2 rounds owed per entry. 1 judge can cover 6 rounds/ $25/missing round

PF – 2 rounds owed per entry. 1 judge can cover 6 rounds/ $25/missing round (3 entries/1 judge)

LD – 2 rounds owed per entry. 1 judge can cover 6 rounds/ $25/missing round (3 entries/1 Judge)

CX – 3 rounds owed per entry. 1 judge can cover 6 rounds/ $35/missing round (2 entries/1 Judge)

IEs - .5 rounds owed per entry. 1 judge can cover 6 rounds/ $15/missing round (12 entries/1 judge)

Congress - .25 rounds owed per entry. 1 judge can cover 4 rounds/$25/missing round (12 entries/1judge)

If you put yourself in the pool, please expect to be judging all obligated rounds.

Judging Fees will be assessed on October 21, 2025, at 5 PM.

Those schools that are missing judges will be charged at that time. The expectation is that at least one judge is available per school. All judges must have a tabroom.com account and a paradigm on tabroom.com. Missing Round fees will only be used to hire judges. While we understand this may seem high, we would much rather have your judges than your money. We also believe that during these trying times, we must pay our judges fairly for their labor. We believe paying judges fairly only helps us to attract the best judges.

All school-provided judges are required to be available one round past the elimination of their most successful competitor in the event that they are covering. Additionally, all schools must have a judge in the pool each day their students are competing. Also, be aware that we reserve the right to move a judge into a different pool to be able to fulfill the needs of the tournament.

Due to multiple school judges not picking up debate ballots in the past, we will be fining schools $25 per round for any judge who either doesn’t pick up a ballot or who is so late in picking up a ballot that we need to reassign it to another judge. After two no-shows, the judge will be dropped from the tournament, and the school will be charged the full judge fee. Judges who are late to their round and require a replacement will count as a “no-show”.

If a school’s judge no-show results in the tournament being short of judges, we will ask the school’s coach to either fill in or we will have to drop their entries in order to have enough judging.

In a world of virtual debate and online ballots, it is important that your judges’ Tabroom information (email and phone number) is up to date and that they are frequently checking their phone/email to ensure they do not miss a ballot. It is the obligation of coaches to ensure this info is up to date and to check pairings and ensure that their judges are prepared to judge.