Mississippi State Cowbell Classic

2021 — NSDA Campus, MS/US

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Policy Debate

Event Description:

RESOLVED: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

POLICY DEBATE

• Four or five (depending on entries) preliminary rounds will determine breaks to elimination rounds.
• The debate will follow the standard 8-3-8-3-8-3-8-3-5-5-5-5 format with open or closed cross-examination dependent on judge preference.
• Each team will have five minutes of prep time to use as they wish.
• Laptop computers and tablet devices may be used by competitors pursuant to NSDA guidelines, but may not be used to receive information for competitive advantage from individual non-competitors (coaches, assistant coaches, teammates, other students, etc.) during the competition round. Similarly, competitors may not confer with non-competitors for competitive assistance of any kind while a round is in progress.