Sacramento NCFL Invitation Letter

Sacramento NCFL

1142 Fremont Way

Sacramento, CA 95818

Dear Speech and Debate Coach:

            This letter invites you to join the National Catholic Forensics League (NCFL) through the Sacramento area chapter.  PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AS THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANGES FROM PAST YEARS.  NCFL is a national speech and debate organization which is open to any high school in the United States which is a member of a local chapter.  NCFL holds a national championship tournament every year during Memorial Day weekend.   This school year, the NCFL national championship tournament will be held in Washington D.C.  The Sacramento chapter holds a qualifier tournament for the national championship tournament January 20-21, 2017 at Rosemont High School in Sacramento.  The number of students in each event which the league can send to the national tournament is based on the number of members the league has.  More information about the NCFL is available at the NCFL’s web site, www.ncfl.org.  The speech events for the NCFL are similar to the National Speech and Debate Association events.  However, there are some differences.  I strongly encourage you to read the event descriptions on the NCFL web site. 

            The local chapters have the same geographic boundaries as the local Archdiocese.  If a league does not exist for the Archdiocese where a high school is located, the school can compete in the closest league.  Public schools and schools with any other religious affiliation may join and participate.

            The fee to join the NCFL is $50.  Each school that wants to join must complete the league membership form at the ncfl website, www.ncfl.org (click on the school membership form on the home page) and return it to me with a check made out to the National Catholic Forensics League by Friday, December 8, 2016.  This date is necessary because the entry forms and checks must be received by the NCFL national office no later than December 10, 2016.  I will mail all entries and checks I receive to the national office.  Entries received by me between December 10, 2016 and Monday, January 9, 2017 must pay $55 to join the NCFL.  Those entries will count toward the league quota for the national tournament.  NCFL membership forms and league dues received after January 9, 2017 are acceptable, but will not count toward the league quota.  If the league has 16 schools join, the league will have 4 qualifiers in each event to NCFL Nationals.  If the league has 21 schools join, the league will have 5 qualifiers in each event to NCFL Nationals. 

            There will also be an entry fee for competition in the qualifier tournament in order to cover the operating costs of that tournament.  Please send your league membership form and check to Stephen Goldberg, 1142 Fremont Way, Sacramento, CA 95818.  ***NOTE this is a different address from previous years***.  If you choose to send the entry form and check by certified mail, UPS or Federal Express, please mail to my business address, 517 12^th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.  If getting payment to me is a problem, please send the form and I can add the league dues to your fees for the qualifier tournament.  I can accept the form by mail, by email to gberg542@gmail.com or by fax to (916) 551-2196 (please put a cover sheet on the form with my name on it or I may not get it).

             Unfortunately, this tournament cannot accept maverick entries in policy debate or public forum.  This tournament can accept independent entries, but independent entries cannot qualify for NCFL Nationals.

            If you have any questions, feel free to call me at my office at (916) 551-2181, my cell phone at (916) 712-0782 or e-mail me at my home at gberg542@gmail.com my office at sgoldberg@lsnc.net.

 Sincerely,

Stephen Goldberg

League Moderator

Sacramento NCFL