Elsik Blue Swing
2024 — Houston, TX/US
TOPICS and DOCKETS
CONGRESS DOCKETS: These will be debated in NUMERICAL ORDER! That's the preset order.
CONGRESS BILLS 6-10 Prelims ONLINE and BILLS 1-5 Finals ONLINE
CONGRESS BILLS 16-20 Prelims (Sat. LIVE) and BILLS 6-10 Finals (Sat. LIVE)
WORLD SCHOOLS MOTIONS:
ONLINE (Th/Fri)
Round 1 ·This House believes that NATO has done more harm than good.
Round 2 ·This House believes that NATO has done more harm than good. (FLIP SIDE FROM ROUND ONE)
Round 3 IMPROMPTU
Round 4 This House supports a salary cap for professional sports teams.
Q IMPROMPTU (This will be semis if it is a semis break.)
SEMIS This House supports a salary cap for professional sports teams. (Semis will convert to an impromptu round if we break directly to semis. If we go to quarters then we will use this motion as our prepared semis motion.) FLIP FROM ROUND FOUR IF NEEDED.
FINALS ·This House would implement a compulsory national service system. (This will be our final round motion no matter what we break.)
LIVE IN PERSON (Sat)
Round 1 ·This House prefers investment in public transportation infrastructure over investment in automobile infrastructure.
Round 2·This House prefers investment in public transportation infrastructure over investment in automobile infrastructure. FLIP FROM Rd 1
Round 3 IMPROMPTU
Round 4 This house believes that NATO has done more harm than good.
Q IMPROMPTU (This will be semis if it is a semis break.)
SEMIS ·This House believes that NATO has done more harm than good. (Semis will convert to IMPROMPTU if we break straight to semis, if we break to quarters we will use this motion as our semis motion.) FLIP from round four if needed.
FINALS ·This House supports a salary cap for professional sports teams. (THIS WILL BE THE FINALS TOPIC NO MATTER WHAT WE BREAK!)
EXTEMP TOPIC AREAS:
Columbia DX Prelims- Politics Navy DX Prelims- Social Issues
Columbia DX Semis- Economy Navy DX Semis- Health/Environment/Tech
Columbia DX Finals- Foreign Policy Navy DX Finals- Politics
Columbia FX Prelims- Africa Navy FX Prelims- Europe
Columbis FX Semis- Middle East Navy FX Semis- Asia
Columbia FX Finals- International Conflict Navy Fx Finals- Latin America
IMPROMPTU TOPIC AREAS:
Columbia IMP Prelims- Dueling Maxims Navy IMP Prelims- Cliches
Columbia IMP Semis- Proverbs Navy IMP Semis- Corporate Slogans
Columbia IMP Finals- Lao Tzu Navy IMP Finals- Famous Quotations