On behalf of Equality in Forensics, we invite the top Congress and Extemporaneous Speaking competitors of the 2024 - 2025 season to compete in a top-notch online tournament from 1:00 - 4:00 PM EST on July 26th, to be used as an accessible educational resource for both events.

So, who's invited?
Instead of an opaque, invite-only policy, we will invite the top 16 and 12 competitors from Congress and Extemp, respectively, based on specific, measurable accomplishments throughout the year.

Congress:

• The NSDA champions (in the House and Senate)

• The TOC champion

• The NCFL champion

• The Harvard champion

• The champion of each major (T60 bid tournament)

• The top 3 ranked by NSDA points in Congress

• The 2 champions of the free Equality in Forensics tournaments! (Winter Championship and Spring Break Special)

Extemp:

• The NSDA champions (IX and DX)

• The MBA champion

• The NCFL champion

• The NIETOC champion

• The ETOC champion

• The UKTOC champion

• The Harvard champion

• The top competitor ranked by NSDA points in extemp

• The 2 champions of the free Equality in Forensics tournaments! (Winter Championship and Spring Break Special)

Sometimes, multiple accomplishments are held by one debater. Many invitees may not be able to accept their invitation. Thus, we will accept applications to fill any additional spots, up to the intended 16 and 12 competitors for Congress and Extemp, respectively.

A committee of the Equality in Forensics Board of Directors will review these applications to admit competitors who exhibited a consistent record of excellence throughout the 2024-2025 debate season.

You can apply for the Equality in Forensics Congressional Debate round robin using this link, and for Extemporaneous Speaking using this link!

All final invitees will be announced July 12th. The deadline for autoqualifiers to confirm their registration is July 7th, and the deadline to submit your at-large application is July 7th.

What's up for debate?

Anyone may make legislation submissions for the Round Robin, EXCEPT for the invitees! We want our invitees to debate the bills that the average congressional debater finds compelling. The committee will choose two bills for debate based on these criteria:

• Debatability

• Uniqueness

• Simplicity

Congress Legislation is available at https://tinyurl.com/eifRRLeg.

Extemporaneous Speaking Topic Area: TBD

Isn't EIF about making debate accessible to everyone? Why even bother with a round robin?

Great question!

This round robin will be recorded, flowed, and analyzed as an educational reference for aspiring debaters across the nation.

Most debate round robins are opaque and have few viewers. We want to spotlight the best debaters of the season, so that everyone can see what works.

We will also publish judge ballots for ALL speakers, so you can see what even the best stand to improve in their performance.

The Equality in Forensics Round Robin is proud to be home to both excellence AND equity.

Sincerely,

The Equality in Forensics Round Robin Committee
Liam Rosemeyer, Kathan Desai, Aanya Baddela
equalityinforensics@gmail.com

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