South Oregon District Qualifier

for the 2024 National Tournament

Big Questions Debate

Entries/Qualification Process

• The two top-placing students 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.

• 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.
• Minimum of 2 schools.
• All students must compete as individuals.

• All competitors must be NSDA members and eligible to compete in the district tournament series.

• The event must be organized through or with the permission of the district chair.

• The event must follow district rules for conducting a district debate tournament. The District Committee may choose whether to run Big Questions as a round robin, single elimination bracketed tournament, or double elimination bracketed tournament.

• The two top-placing students 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event is held before the district’s main national qualifying tournament, the two top-placing students’ names may be withdrawn and replaced with alternates if the two top-placing students qualify in another event.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.