Pine Tree Jolly Roger TFA IQT

2025 — Longview, TX/US

Policy Debate

Abbreviation CX
Format Debate
Topic:
NFHS Policy 2024-25
Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
Entry Fee $30.00
Entry 2 competitors per entry

Event Description:

Policy debate is a team event. Students compete with a partner against another team. A policy topic is released for the entire year. Students will then prepare to debate both the affirmative and negative sides of the resolution. The affirmative team creates a plan that supports the resolution. The negative team will disagree with the resolution and find problems in the plan that will cause more problems than it solves.