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In debate events, the winner (or both members of the winning team) each earn six points, and the loser earns three. In speaking events, points vary with the speaker's place in the round. Competitors in events that involve creating original material such as: Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking (FX), Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking ('''DX'''), Original Oratory ('''OO'''), Lincoln-Douglas Debate ('''LD'''), Public Forum Debate ('''PF''') and Policy Debate ('''CX''') each earn more points than competitors in events that involve interpreting previously published material such as Prose ('''PR'''), Poetry ('''PO'''), Humorous Interpretation ('''HI'''), Duet Acting ('''DA'''), and Dramatic Interpretation ('''DI'''). The least expected points are categorized in "'''Speaking'''" events. These include Impromptu ('''Imp'''), and any other optional speaking events. In Student Congress ('''StuCo''') each speech given receives a score of up to six points. Commonly more than one judge scores each speech in Student Congress, so in this case the scores of the judges are averaged and rounded up to calculate the speech score. Members can only earn up to 750 points in each of the three areas of competition: debate, speaking events (original oratory, extemperaneous speaking and the interpretative events), and Student Congress . Points earned at NFL District Tournament s and the NFL National Tournament are not subject to the 750-point cap. The point limit was raised in 2004 from 500 points. In reality, and member can have unlimited points if he or she qualifies to nationals. State Points are no special occasions either! They also follow the 750 capacity. Competitors can earn NFL Points at any State Tournament, as they all make up the bulk of the Organization. The Ranking a competitor earns at any Tournament, including State, always follows the same point status. '''A competitor can never earn more or less points than what is currently given!''' Members can also earn "service points", which accrue for certain activities outside of speech competition. Delivering speeches before audiences of twenty-five or more adults, for instance, earns a fixed number of service points. As a member accumulates points, they earn NFL degrees. Each degree corresponds to the jeweling pattern of an NFL pin which the degree-holder is authorized to wear, and to a seal which will be placed on the degree-holder's diploma. The following are the Membership Degrees: It should be noted that NFL pins are by no means ubiquitous; some competitors in some areas are more likely to wear them; other competitors in other areas may abstain from them, and even consider them to be mildly pretentious. In some forms of speech competition, advertising one's standing with a pin may also place one at a minor tactical disadvantage. POINT ARCHIVE: COACH/INSTRUCTOR School Instructors also receive points, which are dependent upon their students' performances. The instructor receives 1/10 of a point for each point received by one of the instructor's students. The better the team, the better recognition of the instructor. Instructors follow the exact same degree as students; however, an instructor receives a diamond after accumulating point totals of 1,500, 3,000 and every 3,000 points thereafter. All instructor points are dependent upon the performance of the instructor's team, although the coach or coaches decide how to award accumulated coaching points among themselves. EXTERNAL LINKS
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