Fines and Deadlines

How to Pay Us

Please make all checks payable to Columbia University Parliamentary Debate Team.

Dropped Competitor Fines

Competitors’ names can be changed up to the day of the tournament without penalty. The following fines apply to changes in entry numbers. Please note that these are cumulative costs, not fines to be added to the registration fee.

Competitors Dropped After 9PM January 20 and Before January 25

Each LD Debater: $55
Each Individual Events / Congress Slot: $35 (Duo Teams: $50)

Competitors Dropped on January 25

Each LD Debater: $60
Each Individual Events / Congress Slot: $40 (Duo Teams: $55)

Judging Fines

Failure to Pick-Up Ballots

All judges must be available to judge one round beyond the last round in which their students compete. This means that if a school has any competitors in a Student Congress or speech event or if any student from a judge’s school advances to L-D Double Octofinals, judges from that school must be present for Sunday outrounds.

Judges will be fined $50 for every judging assignment that they miss. Judges who pick up others’ ballots will be paid $50.

Failure to Return Ballots On Time

Monetary Amount and explanation of what’s on time.

Judges Dropped After 9PM January 20 and Before January 25

Lincoln-Douglas: $70 per uncovered entry
Individual Events & Congress: $45 per uncovered entry

Judges Dropped on January 25

Lincoln-Douglas: $90 per uncovered entry
Individual Events & Congress: $60 per uncovered entry