General Information! (posted 10/14/2023)

ENTRY INFORMATION

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Initial Entry Deadline 10/16/23 @ 5 pm or until our facilities are full

Drop Deadline 10/18/23 @5 pm (entry fees will be set at this time)

Debate Drops on the day of the Tournament/No-Shows in Debate will be charged triple drop fees!

All entries/drops/changes must be processed on this website. Name changes may be done at registration.

ENTRY LIMITATIONS:

· Entries will be accepted on a first come-first served basis until our facility is full.

· All events are automatically capped at 10 entries initially, but entries will be added from the waitlist swiftly until room limits are reached. I will try to send an update on room availability often. This is just a way to meter school entries.

· Only entries from a High School Diploma granting institution will be accepted.

Fees:
Hospitality/Custodial/Police - $100 per school.

Speech Entries - $22
LD Entries - $30

PF Entries - $35
CX Entries - $35
Congress Entries – $35 (Novice)/ $40 (Varsity)
World Schools - $40

1 Judge for every 5 Speech Entry. Missing Judge/Hire Fee - $200
1 Judge for every 5 Debate Entry. Missing Judge/Hire Fee - $250

Debate Topics:
**We will NOT be breaking brackets at this tournament.

LD: Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing. (VLD & NLD will use the same topic)

PF: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its military presence in the Arctic. (CPF & NPF will use the same topic)

CX: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase fiscal redistribution in the United States by adopting a federal jobs guarantee, expanding Social Security, and/or providing a basic income.

Extemp Topics:

DX:
Prelims - US politics
Semis - Economics
Finals - National Security

FX:
Prelims - International Economics
Semis - Environmental Issues
Finals - Hypothetical Triads

NX:
Prelims - US Politics and International Economics
Semis - US Economics and Environmental Issues
Finals - National Security and International Relations

World School Topics:

Round 1: The House regrets the rise of citizen journalism.

Round 2: Impromptu topic

Round 3: This House, as the United States, would build a military base in Palau

Semifinals: Impromptu topic

Finals: This House believes that gene-editing technology should be restricted to non-human organisms.

Congress will be using the Region 4 Scaffolding plan.

**as per new constitution rules, Tournament directors are to preset the agendas.**

Spartan Congress* items will be debated in this order*
[Prelims: 2, 1, 3, 5, 4 ] [Finals:7, 10, 9, 8, 6 ]

--There will no longer be a cap of 45 minutes for each legislation at this tournament.

----Internet will be allowed during all congress rounds

Legislation can be found at www.txfa.org