Health & Safety at NCFL 2023
All Gender Restrooms & Period Products
All gender restrooms are available at all schools, and in the following locations at the hotels:
Additionally, NCFL will provide period supplies during the tournament to ensure free, equitable access to all. Baskets can be found in the following locations:
Masking Requirements
Reducing Crowds & Meetings
We will be eliminating crowding as much as we are able to. There will be no in-person registration or postings party. Postings will be provided online as soon as they are all ready. In Speech rounds, competitors are not required to stay after their speech and will not be penalized for leaving if they chose to do so.
We will be eliminating as many meetings as we can to reduce crowding as well. There will be no in-person opening meetings on Saturday (some events may share pre-recorded meetings). All information will be distributed via LiveDocs & Tabroom notifications.
There is a Judges Lounge / Stand-by Room at each of the sites. We will not be holding in-person judge calls on Sunday. Pairings and assignments will be distributed via Tabroom notifications. Stand-by judges for a judge pool will gather in our Judge Stand-By Rooms for each event.
COVID Vaccination Policy
The National Catholic Forensic League strongly encourages all participants at the 2023 Grand National Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.
The NCFL requests that every participant take a rapid antigen test before traveling to Louisville for the tournament. Should a participant test positive, please remain home. During the tournament, if you develop systems at any time, please take a rapid antigen test immediately and if you test positive, please stop participation in the tournament and follow the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which can be found here: www.CDC.gov.
The NCFL will not require any participant to submit proof of vaccination or proof of testing or test results.
Masking will be required at Mass and the Awards Ceremony. Masking during the rest of the tournament and tournament activities is optional. The NCFL encourages all participants to wear masks as much as possible. Students are permitted to wear masks while competing and judges should not penalize any student who chooses to compete while wearing a mask.
All gender restrooms are available at all schools, and in the following locations at the hotels:
- Galt House: 2nd floor, Grand Ballroom Restrooms
- Hyatt: 2nd floor behind Gulfstream Hialeah Room
- Marriott: 2nd floor, behind Marriott Ballroom 1
- Omni: 2nd floor, across from Clifton Room
Additionally, NCFL will provide period supplies during the tournament to ensure free, equitable access to all. Baskets can be found in the following locations:
- University of Louisville: First floor women's room in each building and all gender restrooms
- Assumption & Trinity: First floor women’s room and all gender restrooms
- Galt House: Second floor East Tower women’s room and all gender restrooms
- Hyatt: First floor women’s room, second floor women’s room and all gender restrooms
- Marriott: 2nd floor women's room and all gender restrooms
- Omni: 2nd floor women’s room near elevators and UPS store and all gender restrooms
Masking Requirements
- The CDC recommends multi-layer KN-95/N-95 style masks that cover your nose and mouth for maximum effectiveness.
- Masks are REQUIRED at Tournament Mass which will take place on Saturday at 8pm at the Cathedral of the Assumption.
- Masks are REQUIRED at Tournament Awards which will take place Sunday at 7:30pm at the Omni, Commonwealth Ballroom.
- Masks are OPTIONAL in Competition Spaces & Buses.
- Masks may be worn by anyone (students, judges, coaches, staff, observers) at any time without penalty or judgment:
- Competitors can choose to wear their mask during their speech.
- Judges will not deduct points or make comments (in room or on ballot).
- Students should follow their own school rules and policies.
Reducing Crowds & Meetings
We will be eliminating crowding as much as we are able to. There will be no in-person registration or postings party. Postings will be provided online as soon as they are all ready. In Speech rounds, competitors are not required to stay after their speech and will not be penalized for leaving if they chose to do so.
We will be eliminating as many meetings as we can to reduce crowding as well. There will be no in-person opening meetings on Saturday (some events may share pre-recorded meetings). All information will be distributed via LiveDocs & Tabroom notifications.
There is a Judges Lounge / Stand-by Room at each of the sites. We will not be holding in-person judge calls on Sunday. Pairings and assignments will be distributed via Tabroom notifications. Stand-by judges for a judge pool will gather in our Judge Stand-By Rooms for each event.
COVID Vaccination Policy
The National Catholic Forensic League strongly encourages all participants at the 2023 Grand National Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.
The NCFL requests that every participant take a rapid antigen test before traveling to Louisville for the tournament. Should a participant test positive, please remain home. During the tournament, if you develop systems at any time, please take a rapid antigen test immediately and if you test positive, please stop participation in the tournament and follow the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which can be found here: www.CDC.gov.
The NCFL will not require any participant to submit proof of vaccination or proof of testing or test results.
Masking will be required at Mass and the Awards Ceremony. Masking during the rest of the tournament and tournament activities is optional. The NCFL encourages all participants to wear masks as much as possible. Students are permitted to wear masks while competing and judges should not penalize any student who chooses to compete while wearing a mask.