Announcing the 2009 NFL Code Share Project
UPDATE: We have a more efficient way to sign up – using email, twitter, and text messaging. You can go here: http://eepurl.com/bH6K and sign up via our e-form. If you’ve emailed me, you are already signed up – there is no need to do the form.
Georgia Forensics & bluetub will be organizing this year’s NFL Nationals Policy Debate Code Sharing Project. If you would like to participate, please send an email to jmiller@gaforensics.com (this has changed, see above) with the following information:
1. The School You Are Affiliated With
2. Your Position With The School (Debater/Coach)
If you choose to participate, I’d like to thank you in advance for participating in the NFL Nationals code share list. It will be my goal to make this as successful as possible to help you in your debates this week. Some information follows:
A lot of people are not aware of the code list still, so I’m asking for your help! Encourage others in your district or others
you know attending Nationals to share their code with the code list!
I say encourage because this is completely voluntary. Remind the wary that this is not a caselist. A lot of people confuse this code share as a case list. Code sharing is advantageous for a couple of reasons. When you know who you are debating, you can see what region they are from to tell what style of debate you may have. It’s helpful to know before the round if you’re about to debate a critical team or a stock issue team. By sharing your code throughout the week, you’ll be put on an email list that sends out emails multiple times a day updating all the codes we know.
On Sunday at registration, your coaches will receive your code for the weekend. After your coach gives your code, please email it to me ASAP. I will start sending out the list at 5:00pm MST. Debaters – please get this from your coach as soon as possible on Sunday.
I want to discourage people from revealing others’ codes without their permission before the tournament begins. However throughout the tournament, you start to figure out codes yourself. I will not take any involuntary disclosure of codes until Monday after the debates have started.
Involuntary code disclosure means sometimes teams can be on an uneven playing field. Also, if people share the code list with their friends (let’s say Main Street HS), who choose not to participate, then their friends know they are debating Bellarmine, who is on the code list, but the opposition (the Bellarmine debaters who listed themselves on the code list assuming it was reciprocal) has no clue who they are debating, or that their opponents from Main Street HS got their codes and have been prepping against them without reciprocal knowledge.
The code list will remain private until elimination rounds are posted. Until then, the only way to access the list will be via email from me. During elimination rounds, I will continue emails, but I will also be posting the list on Georgia Forensics Daily
(gaforensics.com). On Sunday when you receive your code, remember to email it to me as soon as possible so we can get the list started and circulated. If your hotel does not have email, you can call me on my cell – 404-514-8002. If I cannot answer the call, just leave a voicemail with your information.
Good luck to all participating and let’s make this code share project a great success!
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