NSDA Springboard Scrimmage 3
2025 — NSDA Campus, IA/US
Topics
World Schools: This House believes that wealthier states should be allowed to financially compensate poorer states to host refugees on their behalf.
Congressional Debate: Congress legislation can be accessed here.
Public Forum: PF will use the September/October NSDA topic: Resolved: The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union.
Lincoln-Douglas: LD (both divisions) will use the September/October NSDA topic: Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, plea bargaining is just.. This scrimmage will not use the novice LD topic.
Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.
Big Questions: BQ will use the revised 2025-2026 NSDA topic: Resolved: Moral systems rooted in theism are preferable to non-theistic moral systems.
Mixed Extemp: Competitors will receive three questions that are a mix of international and domestic topics.
For more information, please visit the NSDA Current Topics webpage.
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