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General Club Rules:

• Everything we do in this group should glorify God.

• No club information (cases, briefs, flows, etc.) may be shared outside of the Manus TP Club.

• A team may trade/lend its own research club briefs with others outside of the club, but they cannot include any other member’s research in that brief, unless they have the prior permission of that other member. 

• No Manus team may run a surprise case against another Manus team at a tournament. If a Manus team decides to change its case, the team MUST notify all the members of the club of the new case at least one week before the upcoming torment. 

• Special expectations may be granted by the TP Coordinator. 

• A member may not write a brief or give/trade a brief with a non-Manus member on a case that a Manus team is running.

• Flows of the 1AC for every round that you debated must be posted within one week after the end of tournament/round robin.

1. Do not worry if your flow isn't perfect; post it anyway.

2. Helpful tip: Flow the 1AC during the affirmative team's last speech (and your team's last speech) to ensure that you write down the tags and any important article titles/information. 

• All members and briefs must comply with NCFCA ethics guidelines. 

• Special exceptions/amendments may be made to any of these guidelines by the TP Coordinator. 

 

Research Briefs: 

• Each team will pick one brief, approved by the TP Coordinator, to work on before most Round Robins and Tournaments.

• Each team will write a unique brief. Two teams may not collaborate to

1. Write a longe version of the same brief OR

2. Write two briefs on the same case. 

• In some rare cases, a team may write two smaller briefs totaling the minimum page of card requirement. You must first get permission from the TP Coordinator to do so.

• All research club briefs adhere TP the Brief Writing Guidelines. 

 

Turning Briefs In: 

• Generally, half-way towards the deadline, teams turn in what they have found so far (to the TP Coordinator via email)

This is to help each team be accountable and to ensure the deadlines is met. 

• The TP Coordinator reserves the right to reject evidence that he/she thinks is not credible.

• Deadlines for briefs will generally be one week prior to the upcoming tournament/round robin. 

• When the brief is completed, it should be emailed to the TP Coordinator. Once the TP Coordinator approves all of the briefs, they will be sent out in an email to all who participated. 

• If a team does not send in a brief by the deadline given, that team will not get ANY of the brief from the other members. 

Other members may not give out research club briefs to the team who did not contribute for that time period.