Tabulation

Tiebreakers

1. Number of wins

2. Opponent seed

3. Z-score

4. Random

Pairing

Teams from the same school will not be paired against each other during preliminary rounds, but brackets will not be broken in elimination rounds.

- Hybrids will be considered by tab staff to be unique schools and will not be protected from any entries.

- If teams from the same school are paired against one another in elimination rounds, the coach has the option of allowing the teams to debate or a walkover. If a hybrid team is paired against a team from one of the constituent schools in an elimination round, the teams will debate unless coaches from all constituent schools agree that one team should advance.

Speaker Points

NPDL Fall will use a speaker point scale between 24 and 30. Points may be awarded in increments of 0.1

24 - Inappropriate behavior

25 - Poor performance

26 - Significant weaknesses

27 - Average debater

28.5 - Deserves to clear to elimination rounds

29.5 - Best debater in the division

30 - Best debater you (the judge) have ever seen