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2022-2023 SCJFL Middle School Speech Only Tournaments

Greetings!  For the 2022-2023 season, the SCJFL is happy to announce 4 online debate tournaments.  This document shall serve as the invitation for all of those tournaments.  All times are Pacific.

Online dates:

October 22, 2022 

December 10, 2022

March 11, 2023

April 8, 2023

Entries:

You may register competitors at: ForensicsTournament.net

We will close entries at noon on the Tuesday before the tournament.  All fees will be frozen at that time.

Events:

Lincoln-Douglas Debate:

Resolved: The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ought to be term-limited.

Policy Debate: 

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.

Public Forum Debate: 

Resolved: The Republic of India should sign the Artemis Accords.

Big Questions: 

Resolved: Humans are primarily driven by self-interest.

Congress: 

Docket will be available on the registration page 2 weeks before the tournament.

World Schools Debate:

R1: Impromptu

R2: This house would unplug ChatGPT.

R3: Impromptu 

Finals:  This house believes that living in urban environments is in the best interest of Americans.

For a complete list of rules, please visit the SCJFL.org website and click on RULES & BY-LAWS.

Schedule for Public Forum/LD/Big Questions:

9:00 – Round 1

10:30 – Round 2

12:00 – Round 3

2:00 –  Round 4

3:30 - Round 5

5:00  - Round 6

7:00 – Awards

Schedule for Policy/Congress/Worlds:

9:00 – Round 1

11:00 – Round 2

1:00 – Round 3

3:00  - Final Round (if a semifinal round is needed, then finals will be at 5:00)

7:00 – Awards

Fees: 

$20 per individual debate entry (each Public Forum/Policy team is is $40)

$50 per Worlds entry

One judge covers 2 debate event-entries or fraction thereof

One judge covers 10 Congress event-entries or fraction thereof

Judge fee: $75 per uncovered debate event-entry/$40 per uncovered Congress event-entry

Registration closes at noon on the Tuesday before the tournament.  All changes or drops after that time will be charged a $20 nuisance fee for each change.  Students who drop from the tournament will be charged a $20 no show fee for each student if the coach notifies the tournament before the dropped round.  Students who drop without notifying the tournament will be charged a $30 no show fee. 

Judges changes after the close of registration will be charged a $50 judge nuisance fee.  Judge drops after 12:01 a.m. on the day before the tournament will be charged a $100 judge no-show fee in addition to any fees generated from having uncovered event-entries.

All fees should be paid through the ForensicsTournament.net website.  Click the TOURNAMENT FEES tab on the left side of the tournament home page.

Judges who do not accept their assigned ballot will be charged a $20 no-show fee for the first offense.  The second offense will be $40.  Each subsequent no-show from the judge will warrant a $50 charge.  Judges can avoid this fee by coming to the judge standby room for their ballot assignment; sometimes e-mails delay delivery for any number of reasons that are outside the control of the tournament staff.  By coming to the standby room, judges can be messaged their ballot directly so that they aren’t marked as having missed the round.

Judges who do not write sufficient feedback to the competitors will be fined $20 per round.  Unsatisfactory ballots will be determined by the tabulation staff.

The tournament reserves the right to deny schools who do not supply at least half of their required judges.  We will do our best to ensure that no schools are denied because of this reason.

Judging Requirements: 

One judge covers two (2) debate event-entries.  One judge covers ten (10) Congress event-entries.

Please remember that judge training is the responsibility of the school entering that judge.

Deadlines:
Registration closes at 6:00 p.m. on the Tuesday before the tournament.  All changes or drops after that time will be charged a $20 nuisance fee for each change.  Students who drop from the tournament will be charged a $20 no show fee for each student if the coach notifies the tournament before the first dropped round.  Students who drop without notifying the tournament will be charged a $30 no show fee. 

Judge changes after the close of registration will be charged a $50 judge nuisance fee.  Judge drops after 12:01 a.m. on the Friday before the tournament will be charged a $100 judge no-show fee in addition to any fees generated from having uncovered event-entries.

All fees should be paid through the ForensicsTournament.net website.  Click the TOURNAMENT FEES tab on the left side of the tournament home page.

Judges who do not write sufficient feedback to the competitors will be fined $20 per round.  Unsatisfactory ballots will be determined by the tabulation staff.

The tournament reserves the right to deny schools who do not supply at least half of their required judges.  We will do our best to ensure that no schools are denied because of this reason.

Judging Requirements: 

All judges must submit their ballots electronically.  Thus, each judge should bring a laptop or tablet to complete the ballot.

Please remember that judge training is the responsibility of the school entering that judge.  Teams whose judges who turn in blank or insufficient ballots are subject to fines.  Ballot insufficiency shall be determined by the tournament director and/ombudsman.

Rules: All rules can be found in the SCJFL by-laws at SCJFL.org

Tournament director: Robert Cannon - Wilshire Academy

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