On February 8th, 2017, the NDCA Board Passed the following motion 8-0. It was proposed by Dave Weston and seconded by Aaron Timmons.
"The NDCA National Championship Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas divisions shall waive all point qualification requirements for entry into the tournament after February 15th provided that the divisions have not reached their entry caps. After this date, teams will be removed from the waitlist based on a first registered, first entered basis."