Deadlines and Fees

4.0 Deadlines

Registration is open now

November 1 – Deadline for Out of State (MO) Schools to register.

November 6^th – Waitlist for relevant entries will be cleared

November 14^th – Deadline to Change TBA entries in Tabroom.com to actual names. After this date, TBA entries will be replaced with entries that have names attached to them from the waitlist.

November 25^th – Fees freeze, drops after this date will still be charged the related entry fees.

December 1^st – Registering new entries and judge obligations deadline by 5pm. Coaches  will not be able to make additions to Tabroom entries after this date. Email the tournament directors for assistance. Please email  trumanhsdebate@gmail.com.

December 2^nd – Proof of Payment deadline. Acceptable proof of payment includes a physical check mailed to the address below and received by this date, OR an email from an administrator/bookkeeper confirming that a payment has been submitted. Failure to do so will result in ALL entries being dropped from the tournament.

5.0 Fees

5.1 Entry Fees

Per Varsity Policy entry $15*

Per Varsity Lincoln-Douglas $12

Per Congressional Debate entry $10

Per Varsity Public Forum entry $12

Per Speech entry $5

* In order to diversify competition: Policy Debate entry fees will be waived for out-of-state schools that satisfy their judging burden.

5.2 Payment Information

Make Checks out to Truman Speech & Debate

Attn: Jeri Willard

3305 S Noland Rd

Independence, MO 64055

5.3 Hired Judging

The Tabroom.com hired judge exchange is live now. We will accept judges on the exchange as often as we can. We suggest that schools use it first, before attempting to hire judges from the tournament.

That said, some judging is available to hire from Truman Highschool. We would much prefer your judges than your money.

Policy rounds are hirable for $30 per round or $90 per team.

LD double-flighted rounds are hirable for $30 per round or $90 to cover two debaters

Public Forum judges are hirable for $90

Congress/ Speech judges may be hired for $100

5.4 Penalties

The penalty for a school judge failing to report to a preliminary debate/Speech round is $25 a round missed.

For an elimination round this penalty is $50. This includes when a judge is obligated

to the tournament for judging and fails to report a scheduled round even if a replacement judge is secured.

Reminder that speech/congress judges are obligated through the entirety of the tournament.

Policy/LD/PFD judges are obligated through the first two elimination rounds, and 1 round beyond a school's elimination from the tournament.