[GFCA] proposal- Donnenfeld

[Maggie Berthiaume]

1.18     Students in grade nine (9) and higher may participate on both the
varsity and sub-varsity teams in forensics activities.

(a)       A student is no longer eligible for competition in any
first-year/novice division once they have competed in any high school event
at a GFCA-sanctioned tournament in a previous school year.

On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 11:03 AM Maggie Berthiaume <maggiekb at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For reference, these are the current rules that apply to middle schoolers:
>
> 1.18     Students in grade nine (9) and higher may participate on both the
> varsity and sub-varsity teams in forensics activities.
>
> (a)       A student is no longer eligible for competition in any
> first-year/novice division once they have competed in any event in the
> previous school year.
>
> 1.19     Eighth (8th) grade students may participate on a sub-varsity
> team of a high school provided they attend a feeder school of that high
> school.
>
> (a)       Students in grade eight (8) are never eligible for a varsity
> event in any activity.
>
> (b)       Students in grade eight (8) who compete on a team must meet all
> middle school requirements as put forth by the student’s school, District
> and/or the bylaws set forth by the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association.
>
> (c)       Students in grade eight (8) who are declared ineligible at a
> middle school or retained for academic reasons is are considered ineligible
> for participation on a sub-varsity high school team.
>
> (d)       Participation in rookie, novice (first year) or junior varsity
> (second year) tournaments in grade eight (8) does not use a semester of
> eligibility provided all other requirements are met.
>
> (e)       Students below the eighth (8th) grade are not eligible to
> participate on any high school team.
>
> (f)        Students in grade eight (8) may participate in the open
> division of a tournament event.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 10:10 AM Maggie Berthiaume <maggiekb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How's this:
>>
>> In order to be eligible to judge Policy Debate at the Varsity State
>> Tournament, individuals must have judged at least eight (8) rounds at the
>> high school level in Policy Debate since June of the year before the state
>> tournament.
>>
>> In order to be eligible to judge Public Forum or Lincoln-Douglas Debate
>> at the Varsity State Tournament, individuals must have judged at least (8)
>> rounds at the high school level in that debate event in the two years
>> before the state tournament.
>>
>> Any debate judge not meeting these qualifications does not count toward a
>> school's judging obligation and will be treated as a free strike. When
>> entering debate judges for the Varsity State Tournament, coaches must list
>> judge qualifications or the judge will not count toward a school's judging
>> obligation and be treated as a free strike.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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