General Guidelines

Eligibility

All teams must be competing on behalf of a degree-issuing high school or middle school. All teams must also designate a responsible adult chaperone who will be available for the entirety of the tournament. At a minimum this chaperone must be twenty-one years of age, and must be a permanent employee of the school or a parent.

Payment  

Payment is due prior to the beginning of round one unless alternative arrangements have been made with the tournament director. Schools with unpaid fees are subject to being kept from competing in the tournament, from advancing to elimination rounds, or from receiving awards if arrangements to cover any outstanding fees have not been made.

Online Platform  

The tournament will primarily be utilizing NSDA Campus to host rounds of competition, but will also use Zoom for certain aspects of conducting the tournament. It will be the responsibility of the teams entering to ensure that all participants, competitors and judges, are capable of accessing these platforms and correctly utilizing them. It will also be the responsibility of the teams competing to ensure that all participants are registered users of tabroom.com and capable of logging into tabroom to gain access to competition rooms.  

Cross Entry

Students entered in Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, and Congressional Debate may only enter one event. Students entered in the speech events may enter up to three events.