Stratford Spartan Invitational
2025 — Houston, TX/US
Topics, Breaks and Other Stuff
TOPICS:
LD – Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, plea bargaining is just.
PF – Resolved: The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union.
CX (Policy) – Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.
Congress Docket – (randomize with wheelspin)
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Prelims: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5 |
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Semis (if necessary): 14, 15, 11, 12, 13 |
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Finals: 6, 8, 10, 7, 9 |
Worlds School Motions –
Round 1: IMPROMPTU
Round 2: This House, as a democratic government, would ban political advertising on social media platforms.
Round 3: (flip sides) This House, as a democratic government, would ban political advertising on social media platforms.
Round 4: IMPROMPTU
Elim 1: This House, as a government, would prioritize financing space exploration over financing deep-sea exploration.
Elim 2: IMPROMPTU
Elim 3 (if necessary): This House regrets the decline of labor unions.
Tentative Breaks based on LAST year's entries.
LD/PF – We anticipate that we will break into Quarters. (Brackets will NOT be broken)
CX/WSD – We anticipate that we will break to Semis.
Congress – We anticipate 4 prelim chambers with top 4 breaking to a finals chamber of 16
Speech –
All IEs will have 3 prelims. After prelims, events with 21+ entries will break to Semis, events below that number will break straight to finals.