Judge Rules

All Judges

(1) All judges must be 18+ in order to judge.

(2) We will accept a limited number of judges who are under 18 and are current competitors. They must be significantly experienced and in 11th or 12th grade. Alternatively, they must be TOC qualified in their respective event. Coaches can mark these judges when registering them on tabroom.

(3) All judges must have working technology to assure reliable and fast internet to ensure quality judging. For online judges, this include webcam, mic, video, and audio. This also includes a good and stable working environment (e.g. not while you are driving).

Policy

(1) In addition to everything under 'All Judges',

(2) All judges must be former or current national circuit policy competitors or coaches. National circuit means 3-3 in at least one TOC bid tournament on tabroom at any time. 

(3) Ordinal MPJ will be used. 

(4) One judge is required for every two policy teams (or fraction thereof) because the tournament is single-flighted. Hired judging is available for $400 per judge if requested before October 23 at 11:55PM. 

Public Forum / Lincoln Douglas

(1) In addition to everything under 'All Judges',

(2) All PF judges must complete mandatory judge training (will be a short youtube video), unless they have judged at least 10 rounds at TOC bid level tournaments in their assigned event on tabroom prior to the tournament. 

(3) A generous amount of strikes will be used. 

(4) One judge is required for every two LD/PF teams (or fraction thereof) because the tournament is single-flighted. Hired judging is available for $350 per judge if requested before October 23 at 11:55PM. 

Speech

(1) In addition to everything under 'All Judges',

(2) All speech judges must complete mandatory judge training (will be a short youtube video), unless they have judged at least 10 rounds at TOC bid level tournaments prior to the tournament. 

(3) No strikes will be used.

(4) One judge is required for every five speech teams (or fraction thereof). Given sufficient judging, we will use two judges per round. Hired judging is available for $40 per uncovered entry if requested before October 23 at 11:55PM (updated).