J.W. Patterson Releases List of Tournament Qualifying Levels

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally posted on July 20, 2007 but has been bumped up to continue the conversation.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - J.W. Patterson has released the bid standings for the 2007-2008 season. You can read a copy of his e-mail here.

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THE ROAD TO THE THIRTY-SEVENTH KENTUCKY TOC

DATES: SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY

MAY 3, 4, AND 5, 2008

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR TOC 2008

1. Schools that do not comply with deadlines will be assessed a nuisance fee of $50 and will not have the option of participating in judge preferences or strikes! The deadline for both fully qualified entries and “at-large” applications in both divisions is March 15, 2008. The deadline for the payment of all fees is April 1, 2008. “At-large” applicants will not be notified and fully qualified teams will not be entered into the tournament until all fees are paid.

2. The TOC Tournament Director has NO hired judges available. SCHOOLS MUST SUPPLY THEIR OWN JUDGES. If the person supplied is not a full time teacher of a school, the applicant may be required to submit the qualifications of the designated judge to the Tournament Director. The TOC Director will refer people who wish to judge to those who desire to hire judges. All such arrangements will be between the designated school and the person wishing to be hired.

3. In both policy and LD, tournaments designated as a quarter-final or octa-final qualifier must have at least six preliminary rounds; otherwise, the bid drops to the semi-finals level.

4. If a school has not submitted judging philosophies for all of its judges by 7 days before the TOC, that school will not be offered a preference and strike sheet for the TOC and will be assessed a nuisance fee of $50.

6. A team or an LD debater must win at least one elimination round to be eligible for a “ghost bid.” For example, if a tournament breaks at the double-octos level and is a TOC qualifier at the octos level, if two people or teams from the same school meet in the octos round, a ghost bid would be awarded. If a tournament breaks at the octos level and is a TOC qualifier at the quarters level, and two people or teams from the same school meet in the quarters, a ghost bid would be awarded. On the other hand, if a tournament breaks to the octafinals and people from the same school meet in the octos, a ghost bid would not be awarded. In this case, since there was no double octos, the people meeting would not have won an out round and would not eligible for a ghost bid.

7. In policy debate, a team must have two qualifiers as a team to qualify for the TOC. If a team does not have two quals AS A TEAM, then they may submit for an at-large bid. Debaters from the same school who have two or more bids but have not debated together may also submit for an “at-large” bid.

8. Tournament Directors must submit complete result sheets no more than thirty days after the tournament is held. For tournaments held after March 1st, the results must be certified by March 10th. This includes the debaters full names, their schools, and state

THE FOLLOWING L-D TOURNAMENTS ARE DESIGNATED AS OCTAFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-2008:

Apple Valley (MN)
Barkley Forum at Emory University (GA)
The Glenbrooks (IL)
Greenhill School (TX)
Harvard University (MA)
St. Mark’s School (TX)
Stanford University Spring National (CA)
University of California at Berkeley

THE FOLLOWING L-D TOURNAMENT ARE DESIGNATED AS QUARTERFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-2008:

Archer’s School for Girls (CA)
Blake School (MN)
Crestian Classic (FL)
Hendrick Hudson (NY)
Lexington (MA)
Manchester-by-the-Sea (MA)
Mid-America Cup at Valley (IA)
Silver and Black Invitational at Alta HS (UT)
Wake Forest University (NC)
Yale University (CT)

THE FOLLOWING L-D TOURNAMENTS ARE DESIGNATED AS SEMIFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-2008:

Bronx School of Science (NY) (pending)
Dowling (IA)
Florida Blue Key (FL)
Grapevine (TX)
Harker (CA)
Iowa Caucuses
Monticello (NY)
Ohio Valley Invitational (KY)
Princeton University (NJ) (pending)
University of Texas at Austin
Whitman College (WA)

THE FOLLOWING L-D TOURNAMENTS ARE DESIGNATED AS FINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS 2006-2007:

Auburn Senior High (WA)
College Prep. (CA)
Colleyville-Heritage (TX)
Columbia University (NY)
Federal Way (WA)
Isidore Newman (LA)
Meadows (NV)
Memorial-Houston (TX)
Nova Titan (FL)
Omaha-Westside (NE)
Project PRIDE/Newark City Invit. (NJ)
St. James (AL)
Vestavia Hills (AL)
Winston Churchill (TX)

The following tournaments/awards are INELIGIBLE as qualifiers:

* Any round-robin, summer institute, NFL, CFL, or state championship tournaments (even if conducted or hosted by schools/colleges/universities which host TOC-approved tournaments)
* Any speaker award at any tournament (even if earned at TOC-approved tournaments)
* Any tournament held outside the eligibility period (September 1, 2007 to March 5, 2008)
* Any tournament not on this approved tournament list unless added by the TOC Tournament Director. Please check the official TOC web site and if you still have questions, contact Dr. J.W. Patterson if you have any questions about the approval status of tournaments.

THE FOLLOWING POLICY DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE OCTAFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-2008:

Barkley Forum at Emory University (GA)
The Glenbrooks (IL)
Greenhill School (TX)
Harvard University (MA)
Montgomery Bell Academy (TN)
St. Marks School (TX)
University of California at Berkeley

THE FOLLOWING POLICY DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE QUARTERFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-2008:

Blake (MN)
Georgetown Day (DC)
Lexington (MA)
New Trier (IL)
Ohio Valley Invitational (KY)
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
University of Redlands (CA)
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
Wake Forest University (NC)

THE FOLLOWING POLICY DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE SEMIFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-2008:

Colleyville-Heritage (TX)
Dowling (IA)
Golden Desert (NV)
Grapevine (TX)
Iowa Caucus at Cedar Rapids (IA)
Kansas City, Kansas, Community College (KS)
Lakeland (NY)
Maine East (IL)
Memorial-Houston (TX)
Mid-America Cup at Valley (IA)
Silver and Black Invitational at Alta HS (UT)
Stanford University Spring National (CA)
University of Georgia
Vestavia Hills (AL)

THE FOLLOWING POLICY DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE FINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-2008:

Auburn Senior High School (WA)
The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
Carrollton (GA)
East Grand Rapids (IA)
Florida Blue Key
Gonzaga (WA)
La Costa Canyon (CA)
Long Beach (CA)
Marquette (WI)
Meadows (NV)
Omaha-Westside (NE)
Samford University (AL)
Westminster (GA)
Whitman College (WA)

The following tournaments/awards are INELIGIBLE as qualifiers:

* Any round-robin, summer institute, NFL, CFL, or state championship tournaments (even if conducted or hosted by schools/colleges/universities which host TOC-approved tournaments)
* Any speaker award at any tournament (even if earned at TOC-approved tournaments)
* Any tournament held outside the eligibility period (September 1, 2007 to March 5, 2008)
* Any tournament not on this approved tournament list unless added by the TOC Tournament Director. Please check the official TOC website and if you still have questions, contact Dr. J.W. Patterson if you have any questions about the approval status of tournaments.

TOC APPROVED TOURNAMENTS FOR STUDENT CONGRESS FOR 2007-08

1) Debaters who broke at the 2007 TOC

2) Top Six at the 2007 NFL National Tournament

3) Top Six at the 2007 CFL National Tournament

THE FOLLOWING STUDENT CONGRESS DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE SEMIFINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-08:

The Glenbrooks (IL)
Harvard
NFL 2007 National Tournament
CFL 2007 National Tournament

THE FOLLOWING STUDENT CONGRESS DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE FINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-08:

Barkley Forum at Emory University (FL)
University of California at Berkeley
Crestian Classic (FL)
Grapevine (TX)
University of Texas
Villager (PA)
Yale (CT)
Wake Forest (NC)

TOP SIX
George Mason
James Logan (CA)
Nova Titan (FL)
Princeton University (NJ)
University of Pennsylvania
St. Marks
Winston Churchill (TX)

Top Six in the Super Congress at the February Illinois Congressional Debate Association Tournament

State Tournaments

Top Six if the state has a district qualifying tournament to advance or if it has more than 48 contestants in Congress open competition.

In addition to the above, any tournament that has five states and fifty entries can qualify the top six.

TOC APPROVED TOURNAMENTS IN PUBLIC FORUM FOR 2007-08:

1) Quarterfinals at the 2007 TOC

2) Quarterfinals at the 2007 NFL National Tournament

THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE OCTAFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-08:

Barkley Forum at Emory University(GA)
The Glenbrooks (IL)
Harvard (MA)

Octafinals of the 2007 NFL National Tournament

THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE QUARTERFINAL QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-08:

Arizona State (AZ)
Crestian (FL)
Manchester-by-the-Sea (MA)
Lexington (MA)
Ohio Valley Invitational (KY)
Stanford (CA)
Wake Forest University (NC)
Yale (CT)
Any tournament with 50 teams from 5 or more states

Catholic Forensic League

THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE SEMIFINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-08:

The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
Dowling Catholic (IA)
George Mason (VA)
Harker (CA)
Hendrick Hudson (NY)
Lincoln East (NE)
University of Pennsylvania
Villager (PA)

THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE TOURNAMENTS ARE FINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS FOR 2007-08:

James Logan (CA)
Nova Titan (FL)
St. Marks (TX)

All NFL National Qualifiers count as 1 bid

Sincerely,

J.W. Patterson
TOC Director and Founder

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