Redbird Debate Tournament

Two days of highly competitive collegiate NFA-LD Debate

Registration: http://redbirddebate.tabroom.com

INVITE

On behalf of the Illinois State Forensics Union, I cordially invite you to participate in the 9^th Annual Lincoln-Douglas Redbird Debate Tournament, to be held online via Tabroom and Zoom on November 6-7, 2021. The weekend will be comprised of a 6 round prelim tournament with requisite outrounds by division.

Divisions

We will offer Varsity, Junior Varsity, Novice divisions. For the purpose of this tournament:

· Varsity – any student eligible to compete in NFA-LD

· Junior Varsity – any student in their first 2 years of collegiate debate.

· Novice – any student in their first 2 semesters of collegiate debate (3 tournaments = 1 semester)

Judge Coverage

Each program must cover at least 75% of their debate entry to ensure that the judging pool is diverse and qualified. Due to contractual obligations, we are unable to hire any of the graduate students at the university to help cover judging, BUT you can hire them! We do have a few who have actual debate experience and if you are needing judges let us know so we can put you in contact with them.

Additionally, in an effort to increase the quality of the LD judging pool we are offering 1 free slot per judge above a team’s commitment (maximum of 2 free entries). We recognize that there is a lot of talent we do not have contact information for and would love to employ those individuals for the weekend. If you assist in securing hireds for the pool, we will pay the judge AND offer your team a free entry slot.

FEES

$35 per covered LD entry (1 judge covers 2 debaters)

$110 per uncovered LD entry (This is the $35 entry fee + $75 uncovered fee)

Judges dropped at registration will incur a $75 + the uncovered fee for the event.

If you need entry fee assistance, please reach out as opportunities are available. The sooner you reach out the easier it will be for us to accommodate you.

ENTRIES DUE:

5:00 pm (CST) Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Mark your calendars!

Any adds after Wednesday, November 11, 2020, will be at the tournament’s discretion.

Any no-shows for the tournament will be assessed the following fees:

· A debater no-show is an additional $30 AND the debater will be dropped from the tournament.

· A judge no-show fee is an additional $50 per round

The tournament will be utilizing Tabroom.com this year and the Zoom platform. All registration will occur through the tabroom.