Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV 2020
2020 — Las Vegas, NV/US
Congressional Debate
Event Description:
Important Dates:
1. Submit legislation to goldendesertcongress@gmail.com by Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 5:00 pm PST.
2. Congressional Debate entries are frozen on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5:00pm.
3. Chamber assignments and legislation will be posted on January 24th.
Saturday, February 1
8:30am-9:00am Mandatory Judges Meeting (competitors are also welcome so they can hear what instructions judges are being given)
9:00-9:15am Mandatory Competitor Meeting
9:15-9:45am Committee
9:45-11:45am Session 1
11:45-1:15pm Lunch
1:00pm Judges Report back to Congress tab
1:15-3:15pm Session 2
3:45pm Judges Report back to Congress tab
4:00-6:00pm Session 3
By 7:30pm Semifinalists announced on tabroom.com
Out rounds judge pools announced on tabroom.com
Sunday, February 2
9:00am Mandatory Judges Meeting
9:00-9:30am Committee
9:30-12:00pm Semi-supersession*
12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch
Finalists announced ASAP
1:15pm Judges report back to judges lounge
1:30-2:00pm Committee/ Final scenario announced
2:00-4:30pm Supersession
Awards ASAP
*Semi-supersession is tentative and dependent on the total number of entries. If entries do not warrant, we will solely have supersession of 16 competitors.