Maverick and Missed Round Policies

Mavericks Policy:

Teams may debate one round as a maverick (1 debater or 2 debaters in worlds) and still win the round. In that round the second speaker in Policy and PF will get a score of 20.  In Worlds the debaters must do the 1/3 and 2/4 speech rotation and receive normal points based upon the judge evaluation. Upon a second maverick round then the team can continue to debate and be awarded wins but they will not be eligible to break. A team cannot debate an elimination round as a maverick.

Missed Rounds Policy for Judges:

If a judge fails to pick up their ballot at the tournament. There will be a $50 per judge per prelim round missed and $100 for elim rounds. Public Forum judges who are not given a ballot should go to the PF Judge room until they have been dismissed by the tab room. Any other division judge should be available for "pushed" ballots, so they should watch their phone or computer. There are help desks emails for every event, use them in case of emergencies that could occur.