This year, TFA State has had 226 qualifiers in Lincoln Douglas debate, more than ever before; however, they still intend to break to double octofinals. If they do so, approximately only 6/53 debaters who have a 4-2 record will break, and this is not accounting for inflation, which we have seen in past years. For reference, Public Forum has only around 140 qualifiers and is also breaking to double octos. In previous years, TFA has broken to partial trips, and there is plenty of time to do this in the schedule again this year. Doubles are scheduled at 5PM Saturday, and octos are not until the next morning. If TFA breaks LD to full trips, 38/53 4-2s will break, which is much more fair. I believe that it is in the interests of all debaters and coaches attending to have this change made to the schedule.