Hello MAFL Friends!

 

Welcome to Mafl #3! We are super excited to (hopefully) see all of you at the University of Illinois Chicago for our first in-person MAFL of the year! 

 

Logistics: Information about tournament logistics (Parking, Food, registration I.e) will be sent out to coaches early next week.

 

Schedule: We will attempt to collapse finals if the judging pool permits. We would very much appreciate it if you could bring as many judges as possible in order to make this possible! Also, please note that we will be holding our fall business meeting during the lunch break. We encourage all coaches to attend!

 

Entries: Each school may enter 6 students per event. Each student may enter up to 4 events.

 

*Entries are due Wednesday, October 15th by 5:00 pm CDT. After this point, no new entries will be accepted, however, drops may be made on the SpeechWire website until Thursday, October 16th at 12:00 pm.*

 

Fees: Please remember that at the first MAFL you attend, you will be required to submit your yearly membership dues of $300.00. This payment entitles your school to attend all of the remaining 2025-2026 MAFLs. A non-member school may attend 1 MAFL weekend per season without paying membership dues, but instead, pay $8 per entered slot and uncovered judge fees. Beyond your one-time membership dues, the only fees you will pay at each tournament are for uncovered or dropped slots. Each full-time judge covers 6 slots, and uncovered slots are $15 each. If you bring more than 20+ uncovered slots, the fee will be increased to $25 for each slot beyond 19. There will be a $10 charge for each dropped slot after Thursday at noon.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me (ddaye@bradley.edu) if you have any questions about MAFL tournaments or using SpeechWire. We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

Best,

David Daye

MAFL Tournament Director

 

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