Thank you for your interest in registering for the VIRTUAL Marist Scrimmage Series # 1.  This afternoon debate series is intended for debaters to PRACTICE prior to competitions.  

We will host an online scrimmage each month in the first semester.  We hope to see your students at all three.  

DIVISIONS OFFERED

-- JV policy division 
-- GFCA packet novice policy division (restrictions explained below)
-- GFCA packet rookie policy division (restrictions explained below)
-- novice public forum division
-- a middle school public forum division 

COSTS & PLATFORM

There is no cost for you!  Entry is completely free as long as you provide one judge for every two teams or fraction thereof. 

The event will be hosted through a Zoom Room Management System where the zoom link will be provided to coaches and competitors the day of the competition.  We recommend each competitor have the most updated zoom software in order for them to place themselves into breakout rooms.

SCHEDULE

4:15pm EST -- Round 1 of All Divisions (Pairings will be blasted at 3:45pm EST)

Please let Jeffrey know this is too early for your teams. 

ARGUMENT LIMITATIONS IN NOVICE POLICY DEBATE

Policy Debate will debate the 2022-2023 NFHS policy debate topic. Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase protection of its water resources in the United States.

This division will use the GFCA Novice Packet with argument limitations, these files are based on the NDCA Novice Packet (the differences are noted below the list)

• Cyber Article 5 Affirmative

• Cyber Article 5 Negative*

• Biotechnology Vaccines Affirmative

• Biotechnology Vaccines Negative*

• DOD Tradeoff DA (and answers)

• European Strategic Autonomy DA (and answers)

*The following arguments from the original NDCA packet are NOT included in the GFCA version at the moment: Cyber Negative Cyber Denial CP, Cyber Negative Article 5 DA, Vaccines Negative Advantage CP, Vaccines Negative Cooperation DA.

Argument Limitations in Rookie Policy Debate

Our rookie policy division is intended for first year policy debaters in their first two ever tournaments.  This division is extremely limited for students to learn the ropes of policy debate.  This division will use a smaller version of the GFCA Novice Packet.  

• Cyber Article 5 Affirmative

• Cyber Article 5 Negative*

• European Strategic Autonomy DA (and answers)

*The following arguments from the original NDCA packet are NOT included in the GFCA version at the moment: Cyber Negative Cyber Denial CP and Cyber Negative Article 5 DA