Tournament Entry

CSUF TOURNAMENT ENTRY

Tournament entries are submitted online through the tabroom.com website.  Please see page 22 for further instructions. 

IMPORTANT REGISTRATION REMINDERS:

·          The individual who registers your school must be a representative of the school and willing to take responsibility as the primary contact for all guests affiliated with the school who are attending the tournament.  (A parent is an acceptable representative but we need to be notified BEFORE the tournament. Please email CSUFdebate@gmail.com to identify the individual who is registering in place of the coach/teacher).

·          At registration, each school must provide the CONTACT INFORMATION (mobile numbers and emails) for ALL OF YOUR JUDGES.

JUDGING COMMITMENT:

Schools are required to meet their judging commitments.

o   Each school is obligated to provide ONE QUALIFIED JUDGE (full 5 preliminary round commitment plus appropriate elimination rounds) for every two policy debate teams or a fraction thereof.

o   Each school is obligated to provide ONE QUALIFIED JUDGE (full 5 preliminary round commitment plus appropriate elimination rounds) for every four LD entries or fraction thereof.

o   Each school is obligated to provide ONE QUALIFIED JUDGE (full 5 preliminary round commitment plus appropriate elimination rounds) or for every four Public Forum entries or fraction thereof.)

o   Each school is obligated to provide ONE QUALIFIED JUDGE (full 5 preliminary round commitment plus appropriate elimination rounds) for two Parliamentary Debate entries or fraction thereof.

o   Each school is obligated to provide ONE QUALIFIED JUDGE per SIX PRELIMINARY IE "slots" plus appropriate elimination rounds (regardless of pattern).

o   Please note, a judge in one division of debate CANNOT simultaneously cover the same commitments in another division of debate. 

o   Each school is obligated to provide ONE QUALIFIED JUDGE per SIX PRELIMINARY Congress entries or fraction thereof (plus appropriate elimination rounds).

o   Schools with Congress entries MUST provide AT LEAST one person to serve as a Presiding Officer.  This person must be at least two years out of competition and should have some Congress experience OR should read the P.O. information and training provided at the start of the tournament.

If your school provides judges for the above commitments, then you will be charged for a “COVERED” team/slot.  If your schools CANNOT provide judges based on the stipulations above, then you will be charged BOTH the “COVERED” Team Fee and the “UNCOVERED” team/slot fee (in order to cover both the cost of the judging and the cost of hosting the tournament).

IMPORTANT JUDGING REMINDERS:

·          ALL DEBATE JUDGES ARE REQUIRED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST ELIMINATION ROUND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOUR TEAMS/STUDENTS HAVE QUALIFIED! Please note that each judge is obligated until one round after his or her team is eliminated from competition. If judges are absent or missing, fess will be assessed or the judge security deposit will be retained.

·          Please note, if your debate teams are still in elimination rounds, judges cannot simultaneously cover Individual Events judging obligations.  Once your debate teams are out of elimination competition AND the judges have been cleared by the Tabroom, then the judges can cover your IE slots. 

·          Any judge changes made from the original entry must be given to the tournament administration during registration so that we can give you and your judging staff their proper credit.  As always, we prefer your judges to cover your commitment over you monetary contribution to our cause. 

·          Under no circumstances are judges allowed to pass their ballots to someone else without permission of the judging table.   We will impose nuisance fees for repeat offenders of this policy.   $25 per round will be charged to schools with judge no-shows during the tournament.  Repeated violations will result in withholding the Judge Deposit (see section below for more information).

ENTRY FEES/JUDGE DEPOSITS:

JUDGE SECURITY DEPOSIT of $100.00 is required for EACH SCHOOL to ensure that judging commitments will be met.   Judging security deposits made in the form of a separate check solely for this purpose will be returned.  This fee, COLLECTED AT REGISTRATION, helps to ensure that each school will provide ample judging to help cover their commitment in the tournament. This judging deposit will be refunded at ballot pick-up provided that the school has met their judging requirements.

*Please note: schools that are already paying for ALL UNCOVERED SLOTS are NOT required to provide a security deposit at registration.

These fees will be collected prior to awards, and a school’s awards will not be released until the fees are paid.  Please stress the importance of all judges checking for ballots and judging to fulfill your commitment (including during elimination rounds) so that your school will not be placed in an undue predicament by the tournament.   

School Fee:                                                                 $30.00

Judge Security Deposit:                                            $100.00 MUST BE A SEPARATE CHECK OR CASH DEPOSIT

                                                                                    * Required for all schools with covered judging

Each covered Open Policy Team                                                                $80.00

Each covered Novice Policy Team                                             $80.00

Each covered Middle School Team                                           $80.00

Each uncovered policy team                                                       $125.00 [in addition to the $80.00 fee]

Each covered Open LD Entry                                                       $40.00

Each covered Novice LD Entry                                                    $40.00

Each covered Middle School Team                                           $40.00

Each uncovered LD team                                                              $100.00 [in addition to the $50.00 fee]

Each covered Open Public Forum Team                                 $60.00

Each covered Novice Public Forum Team                              $60.00

Each covered Middle School Team                                           $60.00

Each uncovered Public Forum Team                                        $100.00 [in addition to $60.00 fee]

Each covered  Open Parliamentary Team                              $60.00

Each covered Novice Parliamentary Team                            $60.00

Each covered Middle School Parliamentary Team              $60.00

Each uncovered Parliamentary Team                                     $100.00 [in addition to $60.00 fee]

Each covered IE Slot (Duo counts as one slot)                                      $15.00

Each covered Middle School IE Slot                                                          $15.00

Each uncovered IE Slot                                                                                  $50.00 [in addition to $15.00 fee]

Each covered Congress/Presiding Officer Entry                                  $15.00

Each covered Middle School Congress/Presiding Officer                                $15.00

Each uncovered Congress entry                                                                 $50.00 [in addition to $15.00 fee]            

NOTE:  ALL SCHOOLS MUST PROVIDE ONE PERSON TO BE A PRESIDING OFFICER, EVEN IF YOU BUY OUT OF JUDGING COMMITMENT

Drop fees (after October 15^th)**                              $20 per entry

No Show Judge fees***                                            $15 per round

* Please note, uncovered entries are charged BOTH the “COVERED” Team Fee and the “UNCOVERED” team/slot fee (in order to cover the cost of the judging).

**We will require a drop fee of $20 for any drops after Wednesday, October 15 at 5 p.m. (See additional clarification on page 22.)

***$25 per round will be charged to schools with judge no-shows during the tournament. Repeated violations will result in surrendering the school’s judge deposit.

We will not use Tabroom.com for official invoices. We cannot guarantee that Tabroom.com will provide an accurate representation.  If you would like an official invoice before the tournament, please contact csufdebate@gmail.com or dopeters@fullerton.edu

(NOTE:  ALL SCHOOLS WITH CONGRESS ENTRIES MUST PROVIDE ONE PERSON TO BE A PRESIDING OFFICER, EVEN IF YOU BUY OUT OF JUDGING COMMITMENT)

All fees are due at the time of registration.

Please make checks payable to Southern California Urban Debate League (or SCUDL)

Thank you.