NORTHERN OHIO NFL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

Dates:  Friday February 17 and Saturday February 18, 2012

Times:  On Friday Feb. 18, registration and check-in will start at 9:00 am with rounds to begin at 10:00 am.  On Saturday Feb. 19, return check-in will be at 8:00 am with rounds to resume at 9:00 am.  Both teams and their judges should adhere to these times.

Registration Deadline:  Registration will close at Noon on Friday February 10, 2012

Entry Fees:  Registration fees will remain the same as last year - $7.00 per entry.

Student Details:  Each contestant must be a member of the NFL (25 points on record at the National Office).  This status is determined one week prior to the start of the tournament - Friday February 10, 2012.

Additionally: Rules require that all membership fees must have been paid.  Any outstanding fees must be paid to the District Chair at the start of the tournament in order for a school or student to participate.

Team Entry Limits:  Each school may enter not more than four (4) Public Forum Teams of two members each, with each team prepared to debate both sides of the topic.  Each team may enter not more than four (4) Duo Interp teams of two members each.  Each Public Forum or Duo Interp team counts as one (1) entry in your quota.  Each school may not enter more than four (4) contestants in each of the following categories: US Extemp, International Extemp, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Original Oratory, Humorous Interp and Dramatic Interp.

The total number of contestants each school may enter is based upon the total number of active members and degrees on record at the National Office one week prior to the start of the tournament - Friday February 10, 2012.

Double Entry:  We will be allowing Double Entry at this year's District Tournament, but there is NO double qualification at Nationals.  Any student who is double-entered at the District Tournament MUST fill out the Single Entry Letter of Intent Form, which specifies which event the student will attend at Nationals in the event of double qualification. This form must be submitted at the time of registration.  No student may enter two team events (Public Forum and Duo Interp).  If a student qualifies in a team event and a solo event, they must attend Nationals in the team event.  If BOTH partners double qualify in a team event and a solo event, and if pre-registered on the Single Entry Letter of Intent Form, then each student may attend Nationals in their solo event.

Judge Requirements: We will use three (3) judges in all rounds of competition in all events.  However, if we do not have enough judges to begin the tournament, we will use one (1) judge for the first two rounds of Debate events.

Each school must bring judges as follows:

In Debate Events, bring one (1) judge for every entry.

In IE Events, bring one (1) judges for every three (3) entries, plus one (1) additional judge.

We also ask that you bring as many judges as possible AND that you bring different judges each day.  Teams must fill their judge quotas from the start of the tournament for EACH day of the tournament.  Fines will be levied for missing judges.

Judge Registration:  Send you judge names to Andrea Folsom at Austintown Fitch HS by noon on Friday February 10, 2012.  You may e-mail her your judges.

Original Oratory:  A copy of each oration with the OHSSL cover form and bibliography page must be submitted at the time of registration.

Interp Events:  Please be certain to have all original sources and your scripts present at the tournament in case of protests.

Extemp:  Files will be checked in the Prep Room (tentatively the BHS Library).  Make certain they are in proper order.

Additional Information:  Any further details regarding the specifics of the tournament details will be sent by way of E-Mail.  Please check your e-mail periodically for updates and further information.  Contact me in the same manner if you should have any concerns.  I can be reached at Eric.Simione@BoardmanSchools.org

Thanks,

Eric