World Schools Information, Schedule, Motions

We will follow the NSDA/TFA rules for this event. The prepared motions will be posted no later than September 1. They will come from the list of resolutions from the TFA October choices. The schedule below will be adapted depending on the number of teams entered in the tournament. If we have 25 or fewer teams in the tournament, we will follow a schedule of four preliminary rounds to elimination rounds. If 26 or more teams are entered, we will have five preliminary rounds followed by an appropriate elimination round. We will guarantee that all one loss or fewer teams will break. Some 3-2's may break in a five round preliminary tournament. We will adjust the Saturday schedule if we have five preliminary rounds. Round 5 will be an impromptu motion if it is offered.

We have scheduled a mandatory judge training prior to Round 1. All school affiliated judges are required to attend, even if they have previous judging experience. It will be a time for us to determine expectations and procedures. School judges who do not attend will be removed from the judging pool and judge fees will be added to the school invoice to cover the cost of a judge willing to attend the training. In short, school judges must commit to training prior to judging at the tournament. Saturday judges may meet the requirement by attending training during the Round 3 preparation period.

World Schools Debate Schedule

Friday, October 24

4:30 pm Mandatory Judge Training

5:00 pm Round 1 (Prepared)

6:30 pm Round 2 (Prepared; Switch Side from Round 1)

8:00 pm Round 3 (Prepared)

Saturday, October 25

8:30am Round 3 (Prepared) 

10:00am Round 4 Impromptu Announcement

11:00am Round 4 (Impromptu)

1:00pm Semis Impromptu Announcement 

2:00pm Semis (Impromptu)

3:30pm Finals (Prepared)

Order of the Prepared Motions

Round 1 & 2 Prepared Motion (Switch sides)

This House, as a government, would prioritize financing space exploration over financing deep-sea exploration.

Round 3 Prepared

This House, as a democratic government, would ban political advertising on social media platforms.

Round 4 Impromptu Motion

Round 5 (if necessary) Impromptu

Elim 1 Impromptu

Elim 2 Impromptu

Elim 3 Prepared This House regrets the decline of labor unions.