NPDL 2024 Nationals Protest Form

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If a debater thinks there has been a violation of the NPDL Round Rules, they should do the following immediately after the round is completed:

1. Contact their Coach or Chaperone (“Coach”) and discuss the issue.

2. Review the NPDL Round Rules with their coach and determine if there was a protestable violation. Subsections that are grounds for a protest are marked with an asterisk.

3. If their Coach agrees there was a protestable violation, the Coach should use this Google Form to provide details of the alleged offense for the Protest Committee to review. Only a Coach (or tournament staff) may file a protest (see XIII.1.A).

Subsections not marked with an asterisk and other issues that do not affect the outcome of the round are not handled by the Protest Committee, but may be referred to the Equity Committee.

Email *

What is your name? *

What is your school? *

What is your role? *

Note: protests must be filed by the debaters' Coach or Chaperone.

Coach/Chaperone

What is the best way to contact you? Please provide a phone number and/or email (preferably both) *

Please name the team lodging the protest. *

Please indicate the round in which the issue arose. *

Name of Judge(s) *

Please select the applicable rule or rules that apply to the protest--check all that apply.

Note: Only violations of the listed section of the NPDL Round Rules justify a protest.

1.A: A debate consists of two teams. The Government team consists of two debaters - the Prime Minister and the Member of Government. The Opposition team consists of two debaters - the Leader of Opposition and the Member of Opposition.

4.G: Debaters have 20 minutes of preparation time between the time the resolution is announced and the time they report to their judge(s) to start the debate.

8.A: During the preparation time and the debate: - a debater may not communicate with anyone other than their partner, their opponents, their judge(s), and tournament staff; - judges and tournament staff may not help the debaters with their debate performance.

9.2.A: After preparation time ends, debaters may not access evidence not found during preparation time.

12.B: The judge must award a win to exactly one team.

12.C: The judge may not confer with anyone when making their decision. The exception is that the judge may communicate with tournament staff to clarify rules.

12.D: The judge must be present and conscious during all speeches.

12.E: The judge may not interrupt any speech. The judge may not make verbal comments about any arguments in the debate before every judge in the round has selected the winning team on their ballot (except see 6.B). Judge comments are permissible as needed to address immediate technical or logistical issues.

12.F: A judge should not judge a round for which they have a conflict (see XI.7).

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Please provide a description of the issue. *

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