The Tournament of Champions (TOC) has released the list of 2010-11 qualifying tournaments. The Public Forum Debate qualifying tournaments are listed below:

2009–2010 Public Forum Debate automatic qualifiers when competing with the same partnership:

Octafinals at the 2010 TOC
Octafinals at the 2010 CFL National Tournament
Top 14 at the 2010 NFL National Tournament

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are octafinal qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Apple Valley (MN)
Berkeley (CA)
Dowling (IA)
Emory (GA)
Florida Blue Key (FL)
Glenbrooks (IL)
Harvard (MA)
Myers Park (NC)
Princeton (NJ)
Stanford (CA)
Yale (CT)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are quarterfinal qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Alta (UT)
Arizona State (AZ)
Bronx (NY)
Columbia (NY)
Crestian (FL)
George Mason (VA)
Golden Desert (NV)
James Logan (CA)
Lexington (MA)
Manchester-by-the-Sea (MA)
University of Pennsylvania
Villager (PA)
Wake Forest (NC)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are semifinal qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Blake (MN)
Harker (CA)
Hudson (NY)
La Costa Canyon (CA)
Lincoln-East (NE)
Nova Titan (FL)
Parkview (MO)
Sunvitational (FL)
Valley (IA)
Victory Briefs (CA)

The following Public Forum Debate tournaments are final round qualifiers for 2010–2011:

Bellaire (TX)
Cheyenne East (WY)
Desert Vista (AZ)
Freemont (NE)
Grapevine (TX)
Indianola (IA)
Lincoln-Southwest (NE)
Mountain Brook (AL)
Millard West (NE)
Ridge (NJ)
Scarsdale (NY)
Whitman (WA)

Summer is quickly passing by. The September 2010 will be released in one month (August 15).

Things at PFDebate.com may be a little wonky during the month of July as we update software and change the appearance of a few things. The PFDebate Forums will see the biggest changes. Our goal is to have everything ready by August 1, but we could still be messing with things until August 15. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The 2011 NFL National Tournament will be held in Dallas from June 13–18, 2011. A couple of interesting items to note:

• Competition for all events will be at one venue: The Dallas Sheraton.
• The National Journal Forensic League (NJFL) will be held at the end of the week at the same venue (June 16–18).

PFDebate is seriously considering its first appearance at an NFL National Tournament.

Expect some rules variations in Public Forum Debate at some of the college-hosted tournament this year. Chris Palmer has announced plans for experimentation including 4 minutes of prep time at Yale.

The 2010 IDEA/NJFL National Tournament was held this past weekend in Des Moines, IA. In Public Forum Debate, the teams of Ardash Battu & Arjun Kumar and Claudia Tischler & Shilpa Yarlgadda from Harker Middle School (CA) closed out the final round by defeating two teams from Sidney Lanier Middle School (TX): Gregory Ross & Dylan Dickens and Gabriel Levine & Daniel Morgan.

Complete tournament results are available from Joy of Tournaments.

Our friends at Georgia Forensics Daily have decided that they will no longer actively maintain their website. They will continue to keep PFDebate (Public Forum), Victory Briefs Daily (Lincoln Douglas), and The 3NR (Policy) updated on what is happening in Georgia. The George Forensics Daily will remain online for archival purposes.

Thanks to Jeffery Miller & Brandon Sheets for their contributions to the online debate community.

In the final round of Public Forum Debate, Bardia Rahmani & Michael DiMino from University School (OH) on the PRO defeated Trevor Marsden & Riley Majeune from Lakewood (CO) on the CON on a 10–5 decision to win the 2010 NFL National Championship in Public Forum Debate.

The top 14 teams were recognized and will receive scholarship money provided by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation.

1. University (OH): Bardia Rahmani & Michael DiMino
2. Lakewood (CO): Trevor Marsden & Riley Majeune
3. Park Hill South (MO): Chelsea Ponick & Jake Bailey
4. Parkview (MO): Devin Kelsey & Aaron Sowards
5. Chapparal (AZ): Jackson Arn & Neel Rao
6. Delbarton (NJ): Bud Peters & Tommy Pigott
7. Delbarton (NJ): Kevin Sullivan & Dhruv Sharma
8. New Trier (IL): Joe Eichenbaum & David Walchak
9. George Washington (CO): Gabe Neslin & Lawson Williams
10. Desert Vista (AZ): Greg Hietala & Brittany Stanchik
11. Bellaire (TX): Erik Nelson & Rohini Sigireddi
12. Fort Lauderdale (FL): Matt Gold & Czar Bernstein
13. Lakeridge (OR): Kyle Teegarden & Rishi Rajani
14. Poland Seminary (OH): Lidia Mowad & Catie Carney

The unofficial tournament results packet is now available.

On Friday, the NFL will live stream the final round of each of the debate events and the awards assembly at NFLnationals.org. The schedule is as follows:

12:30pm — Policy Debate
2:30pm — Lincoln Douglas Debate
3:30pm — Public Forum Debate
5:00pm — NFL National Awards Assembly

Update
Corey Alderdice from SpeechGeek suggests trying NFLtv.org or RupeScholars.org if the NFLnationals.org site gets crushed on Friday.

Trevor Mars­den & Riley Maje­une from Lakewood (CO) defeated Chelsea Pon­ick & Jake Bailey from Park Hill South (MO) on a 3–2 decision in Round 15. That sets up the final round in Public Forum Debate:

N177: Uni­ver­sity (OH): Bar­dia Rah­mani & Michael DiMino
vs.
N309: Lake­wood (CO): Trevor Mars­den & Riley Maje­un