Location: Oak Ridge High School. 1120 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

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Debate Topics:

Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Resolved: The United States ought to adopt a wealth tax.

Public Forum Debate – Resolved: The United States should substantially reduce its military support of Taiwan.

Policy Debate – Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

Congress - See attached legislation file.

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Judges - Judge training will be offered in the Judges Lounge at 7:30 am. Judges should sign in when they arrive at the Judges Lounge.

LD/PF/Policy/Congress competitors report to the Student Lounge no later than 8:15 am.

Flighting - PF, LD, and Parli will be flighted. In Parli, NOVICE will be FIRST flight; VARSITY will be SECOND flight (this is due to the uptick in novice entries at this tournament).

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(Accelerated) Schedule

Judge Training: 7:30am

Parli Roll Call and R1 topic: 8:00 am

R1 pairings released: 8:15 am

Round 1: 8:30 am -10:30 am

Round 2: 10:45 am -12:45 pm

Round 3: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Round 4: 3:15 pm- 5:15 pm

Awards: 5:30 or ASAP

This schedule provides only a 15-minute break between rounds. Please be prompt so the schedule doesn't delay!

Judges: if your round ran late, let us know and we can try to give you a round off to get caught up.

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Special Awards

Spirit of Speech and Debate Award

Each school is allowed to submit one nomination for another school that embodies the spirit of speech and debate. Whether that's being supportive in rounds, making a TikTok video together, or just helping find the bathroom, this is an open-ended award for teams that make the community more inclusive. We want to recognize and celebrate teams that make this league a fun place to be!

Ask your coach for the link to the Spirit of Speech and Debate Award. Submissions are due before Awards begins.

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The CVFL Sweepstakes Broom Traveling Trophy

The top 10 points-earning schools will be announced at each awards ceremony. However, only the top sweepstakes school will earn CVFL's highest honor: the CVFL Sweepstakes Broom Traveling Trophy. This broom (get it, sweep-stakes?), adorned with a CVFL plaque on its handle, is bestowed to the team earning the most sweepstakes points for their scoring team. However, the Broom is a traveling trophy, and must be returned to the CVFL at the start of the next league tournament.

For more details on the Sweepstakes Award, see cvfl.org/awards.

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CVFL Sweepstakes Miniature Whisk Broom Traveling Trophy

The top small school will earn the CVFL Sweepstakes Miniature Whisk Broom Traveling Trophy. Smaller schools, smaller broom. Still commendable (and functional!). And you still have to return it.

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Team MVP

The entry from each school with the highest number of sweepstakes points earned will be recognized as their Team MVP of the tournament at the awards ceremony.