Magnolia District Tournament
2021 — MS/US
Magnolia District Qualifier
for the 2021 National Tournament
Procedure: Big Questions
District Qualification Process for Big Questions Debate
For additional information about debate rules and access to resources and judge training, visit the Big Questions website at www.NSDABigQuestions.org.
Entries/Qualification Process
• The top-placing student at each district’s Big Questions division will qualify to the National Tournament.
• District chairs must elect to hold a Big Questions national qualifying event on the Tabroom.com District Dates form.
• Districts will not be eligible to receive a sub-grant for hosting a Big Questions event.
• Big Questions entries will not count toward a school’s district entry limits.
• The district Big Questions division may be held in conjunction with the district tournament or as a stand-alone event on a separate date as long as it occurs before May 1. The district event must meet the following requirements:
• Minimum of 10 high school competitors.
• All students must compete as individuals.
• All competitors must be NSDA members and eligible to compete in the district tournament series.
• More than one school in attendance.
• The event must be organized through or with the permission of the district chair.
• The event will follow the tabulation method chosen by the District Committee for all other debate events. This includes the double down method or the pilot method.
• The top-placing student will not be eligible to compete at the National Tournament if they have qualified in a main event. Students may choose to attend the National Tournament in Big Questions instead of World Schools Debate.
• If the Big Questions district event is held before the district’s main National Qualifying tournament, the top-placing student’s name may be withdrawn and replaced with an alternate’s if the top-placing student qualifies in another event.
• Only entries composed of individual debaters may compete at Nationals.
• Each qualifier must provide a full-time judge for the entirety of the competition at the National Tournament. Students who do not provide a full-time judge will not be permitted to enter.