Panther Pride Elementary Middle School Tournament
2022 — Salt Lake City, UT/US
Policy
Event Description:
“Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the area of artificial intelligence and/or cybersecurity.” Rationale:Middle School CX– The topic always aligns with the official high school topic (NATO Emerging Technology) but in a more limited and focused way. For those of you familiar with the high school novice list, this topic reflects some of those affirmative areas, but they’re modified to give teams more flexibility on plans and advantage areas.
No Mavericks Allowed - Please be in your round on time as Judges will start the round within 15 min of the posted beginning time - Contestants not there will forfeit.
First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) - 5 min
Cross-Examination (CX) - 2 min
First Negative Constructive (1NC) - 5 min
Cross-Examination (CX) - 2 min
Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC) - 5 min
Cross-Examination (CX) - 2 min
Second Negative Constructive (2NC) - 5 min
Cross-Examination (CX) - 2 min
First Negative Rebuttal (1NR) - 3 min
First Affirmative Rebuttal (1AR) - 3 min
Second Negative Rebuttal (2NR) - 3 min
Second Affirmative Rebuttal (2AR) - 3 min
3 minutes of prep per team to use as they like.