WY Extemp Debate Scrimmage Tourney Extravaganza

2021 — Online, WY/US

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Pro/Con Challenge

Event Description:

Students select the National Tournament topic for CX, LD, or PF or a piece of legislation in the Congressional Debate Docket and write a 3-5 minute affirmative speech and a 3-5 minute negative speech on that topic. This event allows students to explore debate topics in a new and exciting way while showing off their writing, research, and delivery skills.

Pro Con Challenge

1. Topics: Students will select the National Tournament topic for CX, LD, or PF or one piece of legislation in the National Tournament Congressional Debate Docket. The pro and the con speech must be on the same topic.

2. Speech: Competitors will write and present a 3-5 minute affirmative speech and a 3-5 minute negative speech on that topic. Judges will evaluate the structure, arguments, evidence, and speaking abilities of each competitor and rank them against each other.

3. Time: The total recording time limit is 10 minutes and 30 seconds. This is a hard limit, and time spent walking to and from the camera counts toward the recording time. Both the affirmative and the negative speeches will be read within this time limit. Students may take recorded “prep time” in between speeches to pull up files or take a short break, but their two speeches must be submitted as one recording that is no longer than 10 minutes and 30 seconds. If there are multiple judges in the round, all must agree that the student has gone beyond the grace period. Should a student go beyond the grace period, the student may not be ranked 1st. There is no other prescribed penalty for going over the grace period. The ranking is up to each individual judge’s discretion. Judges who choose to time are to use accurate (stopwatch function) timing devices. No minimum time is mandated.

4. Delivery: Students may read from pre-written text during the speech as if they were presenting a constructive speech in a round. Speeches should not be memorized.