Salado High School Presents The Tournament that Teaches #1

Online October 5th, 2024

Welcome to the “Tournament That Teaches” for novice competitors. In the morning, novice students will participate in educational sessions conducted by some of the best instructors in the state and in the afternoon they will have “educational” rounds. Novice students will be provided with cases, briefs and other materials. NOTE: Due to the nature of it being a novice teaching tournament ALL students in CX and LD will be required to use the files that we provide for those events.

Novice Files for CX and LD: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13HvoEB8Q-bpkJ8Am4ZO7tDjV5GnInNKJ?usp=sharing

(Files will be uploaded by September 14th) NOTE: Students are typically unable to access the files with a school email.

We will offer the following UIL speaking events: CX, LD, Extemp and Congress. These tournaments are intended for schools or teams that prefer "UIL style" forensics.

We will be using tabroom for registration, balloting and communication. We will use the NSDA campus for virtual rounds. It is imperative you check your emails for tabroom updates, that is how we will send out information regarding the tournament leading up and the day of.

For information on how to make a tabroom account check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTqMwhRJpo

For information on how to register for the tournament after creating an account is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3pdZi5WXM

Keep in mind students will need to have their own tabroom account created and linked to the school/institution they attend and an email address attached/linked to their account.

NOTE TECH REQUIREMENTS: You need to make sure your tech department reviews this entire page to open the proper gateways to allow for competition to occur if you are competing at a school. Failure to do so will result you in not being able to participate and we will be unable to refund your money. https://www.speechanddebate.org/campus-tech/

NSDA Campus Test Room: You can create a test room to test audio and video here. https://campus.speechanddebate.org/

For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to Tim Cook at tim.cook@saladoisd.org or Julian Erdmann at Julian.T.Erdmann@gmail.com

Entry Fees

Congress and Extemp $20 per competitor

LD $30 per competitor

CX $40 per team

Judge Fees

1 judge for every 2 entries or less for CX or a missing judge fee of $100

1 judge for every 4 entries or less for LD or a missing judge fee of $100

1 judge for every 6 entries or less for IE/Congress or a missing judge fee of $100

ALL SCHOOLS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THEIR OUTSTANDING BALANCES ON AND/OR BEFORE THE FRIDAY OF THE TOURNAMENT. FAILURE TO PAY YOUR FEES WILL RESULT IN YOUR STUDENTS BEING REMOVED FROM THE TOURNAMENT. If you have to request an exception please email Julian Erdmann at Julian.T.Erdmann@gmail.com

If we haven't received payment within 30 days after the completion of the tournament we reserve the right to charge a $100 late fee. For every additional 7 days after 30 days that the balance remains unpaid we will be charging $50.

TOPICS

CX Debate: Policy debate will use the 2024 - 2025 topic.

Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

LD Debate: LD Debate will use the UIL Fall 2024 topic. Resolved: In the United States, agroecology ought to be prioritized over industrial agriculture.

Congress Docket: Texas Forensic Association Docket items 1-6 https://www.txfa.org/_files/ugd/a3a5e9_6d6d91ca3a514a3d8742287239108546.pdf

Payment Via the Salado Online Store

1. You can find the store here: https://www.saladoisd.org/online_store?p=WFZtNkVjRTgwcjBGRE1YUkw4Y2JJZz09&s=bWhSdW8ySW1uVi82S2RZZThtUk9YQT09

1. Select Pay for Salado UIL Tournament Fees

1. Please fill out your invoice amount that you will be paying for the respective tournament.

1. Once added to the cart, you may check out by clicking the cart button towards the right of the store page.

1. Select Checkout

1. Select to make an account or checkout as guest

1. Fill out billing info and payment info and select verify order details

1. Once at the checkout screen locate the box that says additional information.

1. Include the following: Tournament Name, Tournament Date, School Name (This will help to make our bookkeeping easier)