2012 UIL NFL District Tournament

UIL NFL District
2012 District Tournament
Feb. 16-18
Brownsboro High School

The UIL District is proud to announce our upcoming National Qualifying Tournament, which will be held beginning at 8:00 AM on Thursday, February 16, and continuing until we are done on Saturday, February 18. The tournament will be held at Brownsboro High School and Faith Baptist Church (13567 State Highway 31E, Brownsboro). The church is just past the high school on the right-hand side, headed to Athens.

Entries fees for this tournament based upon the following scale: (this includes a lounge fee)

1 - 5 entries: $100
6 - 10 entries: $155
11 - 15 entries: $225
16 + entries: $285

You must register online by 3:30 PM on Thursday, February 2, 2012.

Here is the link: http://www.joyoftournaments.com/nfl/uil/info.asp

Please remember that the NFL rules are very specific (and sometimes ponderous) on entries. If we do not enter properly, we may lose our qualifiers in the events in which there are mistakes. Please read and follow directions carefully, and call me if you have questions.

1. Login to joyoftournaments.

2. Click “continue” to verify that you have been linked to the appropriate school.

3. Determine how many entries you are allowed. You will find this information on the JoT entry page, above the chart that shows your entries. Here is the chart of allowed entries as of 10:30 AM on 1/9/2012 – copied from the NFL’s website:

Status

School Name

Degrees

Debate/Speech Slots

House Slots

Senate Slots

C

Lindale HS ,TX

147

26

7

2

C

All Saints Episcopal School ,TX

119

22

7

2

C

North Lamar HS ,TX

115

22

7

2

C

Whitehouse HS ,TX

114

22

7

2

C

Hallsville HS ,TX

110

22

7

2

C

Van HS ,TX

105

22

7

2

C

Brownsboro HS ,TX

81

19

6

2

C

Royse City HS ,TX

78

17

6

2

C

Good Shepherd School ,TX

75

17

5

2

C

Ferris HS ,TX

69

15

5

2

C

Athens HS ,TX

67

15

5

2

C

Crandall HS ,TX

61

15

5

2

C

Midlothian HS ,TX

60

13

5

2

C

Bullard HS ,TX

54

13

4

2

C

Gilmer HS ,TX

53

13

4

2

C

Salado HS ,TX

51

13

4

2

C

Caddo Mills HS ,TX

39

10

4

2

P

Dr John Horn HS ,TX

31

10

3

2

P

John Tyler HS ,TX

16

5

2

2

M

Chireno HS ,TX

16

5

2

2

C

Wills Point HS ,TX

16

5

2

2

P

Leon HS ,TX

16

5

2

2

C

Tyler Lee HS ,TX

14

3

2

2

P

Chapel Hill HS ,TX

10

3

2

2

M

Palestine HS ,TX

6

3

2

2

You will notice that there are 3 different numbers: the number of entries you are allowed for Debate/Speech slots, the number of House slots, and the number of Senate Slots. Entries in Congress DO NOT reduce the number of entries you are allowed in Debate/Speech.

4. Register your students as you would normally.
        a. You may enter up to 4 students (or teams) in any one contest.
        b. You may enter UP TO your entry allotment – see the chart above.
        c. Students may enter up to 2 Speech and Debate events AND Congress.
        d. Students may not cross-enter between debate events.
        e. Students may not cross-enter between extemp events.
        f. If a student wishes to enter 2 team events (CX and Duo or PF and Duo), s/he
                 must have the same partner in both events.
        g. Students must be members of the NFL prior to February 8 in order compete at
                 the district tournament.

Note: the final deadline for making changes (including adding entries) is 7 days prior to the tournament. You may continue adding points for your students; if additional points entries results in a change in your entry allotment, you may add entries through February 8. Call me if this happens for you.

5. Enter your students’ interp selection/documentation information. On the entries screen on JoT, below the chart that shows your current entries, you will see links that say “Click on the following event links to register interpretation selections.” Click on the appropriate link and enter all appropriate information. Your students will not be allowed to compete without the information filled out.

6. Print the entry forms for Speech and Debate and Congress. On the entries screen on JoT, directly above the chart that shows your current entries, you will see links to download your registration sheets.
        a. Click on “download NFL district tournament registration form.”
        b. Fill in the blanks for name of chapter, location of tournament, and interp
              documentation on the form.
        c. Print the form.
        d. Have all students sign the form. (Please note: if your students’ signatures are
             not legible, please print the name following the signature so that I can tell
             who has signed when I am double-checking signatures). ALL STUDENTS WHO
              ARE COMPETING MUST SIGN THIS FORM.
        e. Click on “download NFL district tournament registration form (Congress Green
              Sheet).   Fill in the appropriate blanks.
         f. Print the form.
         g. Have all students sign the form. Again, if signatures are not legible, please
              print the name after the signature.

Special instructions for the second page of the Congress form:
        You will determine which students you wish to group together. (This
        form is a little complicated). There are 3 columns – one to fill out if
        we have 2 chambers, 1 to fill out if we have 3 chambers, and 1 to fill
        out if we have 4 chambers. The problem is that we won’t know how
        many chambers we will have until sometimes the day before the
        tournament. So, you will need to fill out all 3 columns.

You need to have roughly an equal number of students in each chamber. For
example, if you have 7 students entered:

In the column marked “1-2 chambers” you would select 4 students for one
            chamber and 3 for the other.
        In the column marked “2-3 chambers” you would select 2 students for one
            chamber, 2 for the second chamber, and 3 for the third chamber.
        In the column marked “3-4 chambers,” you would select 2 students for each
             of the first three chambers and one for the fourth.

If you need help filling out this part of the registration, you may
contact either me or Kristi Braley.

6. Fill out the Single Entry Letter of Intent for each student. Here is the link: http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/DistrictInformation/dt403nt_sglentry.pdf

The rules state that a student may only compete in one main event at the National Tournament. In addition, every student must declare PRIOR to the beginning of the District Tournament which event s/he will compete in at Nationals if s/he qualifies in more than one event. Therefore, if a student is entered in more than one event, s/he must complete the single entry letter.

I am requesting, though it is not required, that you submit a single entry letter for every student EVEN IF that student is only entered in one event. This way, if you have to add that student to another event later, we’ll already have the Single Entry Letter signed and can just add the appropriate event.

7. Enter your judges.

If you will have students competing in every section of Congress, we are requesting that you "hire" a Congress judge from the district rather than paying one yourself. Because of the new national requirements, your judge will not be allowed to work in any room where your students are competing. If you "hire" one from us, all the judges will be clean. If this is a problem for you in any way, please email me at khodgkiss@northlamar.net so that other arrangments can be made. To hire a judge from the district, simply do not enter a judge for Congress on the registration. Fees will be added to your registration for a judge.

8. Complete judge paradigms for all judges. Note: I have changed my mind about the best way to do this (it looked like doing it through JoT was going to be too complicated).

We have created a wikispaces account for the district tournament. I am attaching a copy of our paradigm form. Please forward it to all your judges; ask them to complete it and send it to Rory McKenzie (mckenzier@rcisd.org). Rory will enter the paradigms on the wiki. Students will be able to access the wiki on their cellphones to see their judges’ paradigms.

9. Order t-shirts. Email your t-shirt order to Sandy Spears (sspears@bullardisd.net) by noon on February 1, 2012. S-XL shirts are $5, XXL are $6, XXXL are $7, and XXXL are $8. You may pay entry fees and t-shirts with the same check.

10. Prepare copies of oratories. Underline any direct quotations. Prepare a coversheet with the student’s name, the number of underlined words, and a statement that the oratory is the original work of the student. The student and the coach should sign.

11. FAX the following information to me at (888) 441-5420 by 3:30 PM on Thursday, February 2, 2012:

        a. District Tournament Entry Form (printed from JoT) – with all appropriate
                signatures
        b. District Tournament Congress Entry Form (printed from JoT) – with all
                appropriate signatures
        c. Single Entry Letters of Intent for all your students – with preference order
        d. Oratories – with quotes underlined and quoted words counted, signed by
                student and coach

12. Pay any outstanding membership fees to the NFL. You will not be allowed to compete if dues are not paid. You may NOT include these fees on the entry fees check at the tournament – you may pay these at the tournament, but it will need to be on a separate check, because we must mail these fees to the NFL with our tournament paperwork.

13. Bring with you to the tournament:

        a. Entry fees
        b. Separate check for any outstanding membership fees you owe to the NFL
        c. Hard copies of all interp selections. (Note: we do not check documentation
                unless there is a question, but you will need the hard copies just-in-case).

Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Cell (903) 243-3602. Email khodgkiss@northlamar.net.