NYCUDL Middle School City Championship Tournament

PS 161 Pedro Albizu Campos

Tournament Invitation: http://bit.ly/2miHWUQ 

Guide to Congress Debate: http://bit.ly/2m4SLco

On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League and PS 161 Pedro Albizu Campos, you are cordially invited to the NYCUDL Middle School City Championship Tournament on March 11^th and March 12^th for two days of exciting, fun and intense debate.

We will offer three debate formats: Public Forum Debate, Parliamentary Debate, and Congressional Debate.

Judges’ training will be available for individuals interested in judging Public Forum, Parliamentary and Congressional Debate.  

All questions, concerns and/or issues about the tournament should be directed to:

Tournament Manager: Courtney Kaufman – 917-774-6539 or  courtney@debate.nyc

Looking forward to seeing you all,

Aubrey Semple – Program Director, New York City Urban Debate League  

Courtney Kaufman – Tournament Manager, New York City Urban Debate League

Registration

Registration will take place on Tabroom.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

·      All participants are required to have competed in three (3) UDL sponsored tournaments during the 2016-2017 debate season to compete (NOTE: If a team has competed in two (2) tournaments, the City Championship can count as their third tournament) THE CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE DIVISON IS AN EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE.

·      Students must have submitted their NYCUDL consent form.

·      All students competing in the City Championship MUST be representing their ENROLLED MIDDLE SCHOOL located in one of the five boroughs in New York City (Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn or Staten Island). NO INDEPENDENT ENTRIES ARE ALLOWED.

·      All teams/schools are REQUIRED to attend both days of the tournament until the end of the preliminary debates or when the team is eliminated from the tournament. Teams/schools are not allowed to attend only 1 day of the tournament

·      Each school can send up to two (2) teams per division in Public Forum and two (2) in Parliamentary debate.

·      Each school can send up to four (4) students in Congressional Debate.

THE TOURNAMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO REJECT TEAMS/SCHOOLS FROM COMPETING IF THEY DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.

There will be TWO divisions (Novice and Open) offered at the City Championship tournament for Public Forum and Parliamentary debate,

There will be ONE Open division offered at the City Championship tournament for Congressional Debate, Open.

A student MUST enter in the Open division for Public Forum or Parliamentary Debate if:

1.     The student has competed in a previous season of debate (in or outside of the NYC Urban Debate League).

2.     If the student wishes to compete in Open.

A student MUST enter in the Novice division for Public Forum or Parliamentary Debate if:

1.     All members of the team are first-year debaters.

2.     A student competed in at most one (1) tournament in a previous season.

Students MAY NOT double enter in multiple events.

ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS 5 PM – MARCH 8^TH, 2017

If a school registered for the tournament and does not provide teams on the registration, the registration will be considered incomplete and will not be accepted, therefore making the school ineligible to compete. This rule applies to the judge requirement (see judging section)

Each school MUST provide one judge for every two (2) teams competing (for all divisions that are registered for).

We will offer judge training for new/inexperienced judges.

Judges must check in on the morning of the tournament on BOTH Saturday and Sunday.

ALL JUDGES ARE REQUIRED TO STAY IN THE TOURNAMENT UP TO THE FINAL ROUND OF ALL EVENTS.  

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Public Forum Debate

Day 1 – Saturday, March 11^th, 2017

8:00am – Registration Opens / Breakfast

9:00am – Registration Closes

9:45am – Coaches report to registration to confirm pairings for Round 1

10:30am – Round 1 (Preset)

11:30am – Round 2 (Preset)

12:30pm– Lunch

1:45pm – Round 3 (Preset)

3:00pm – Round 4 (Power match from Round 1-3)

Day 2 – Sunday, March 12^th, 2017

8:00am – Schools check-in

9:00am – Round 5 (Power match from Round 4)

10:30am – Octafinals (Novice) / Quarterfinals (Open)

Noon – Lunch, announcement of teams clearing to elimination rounds  

1:00pm – Quarterfinals (Novice) / Semifinals (Open)

2:30pm – Semifinals (Novice) / Finals (Open)

3:45pm – Finals (Novice)

5:00pm – Awards

Parliamentary Debate

Day 1 – Saturday, March 11^th, 2017

8:00am – Registration Opens / Breakfast

9:00am – Registration Closes

9:45am – Coaches report to registration to confirm pairings for Round 1

10:30am – Round 1 (Preset)

11:30am – Round 2 (Preset)

12:30pm – Lunch

1:45pm – Round 3 (Preset)

3:00pm – Round 4 (Power match from Round 1-3)

Day 2 – Sunday, March 12^th, 2017

8:00am – Schools check-in

9:00am – Round 5 (Power match from Round 4)

10:30am – Octafinals (Novice) / Quarterfinals (Open)

Noon – Lunch, announcement of teams clearing to elimination rounds 

1:00pm – Quarterfinals (Novice) / Semifinals (Open)

2:30pm – Semifinals (Novice) / Finals (Open)

3:45pm – Finals (Novice)

5:00pm – Awards

Congressional Debate

Day 1 – Saturday, March 11^th, 2017

8:00am – Registration Opens / Breakfast

9:00am – Registration Closes

9:15 am – Congress participants meeting (Overview on rules and format and Q&A)

9:30 am – 1^st Session

Noon – Lunch

12:45 pm – 2^nd Session 

3:00 pm – Announcement of participants of the Supersession

Day 2 – Sunday, March 12^th, 2017

8:00 am – Schools check-in

9:00 am – Congress participants meeting (Overview on rules and format and Q&A) 

9:15 am – Supersession*

Noon – Lunch

* Top speakers will advance to the supersession

Topics

 Public Forum:

Resolved:  The United States federal government should repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Parliamentary:

MS PARLI PRELIMINARY ROUND TOPICS

1. This House values an adolescent’s right to privacy over a parent’s conflicting right to know.
2. This House would ban the burqa.
3. This House would prohibit the production of nuclear power.

MS PARLI ELIMINATION ROUND TOPIC POOL

1. This House would give undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship.
2. This House would abolish the electoral college.
3. This House supports human cloning.
4. This House would adopt a mandatory dress code in NYC schools.
5. This House believes a government should have the right to spy on its own citizens.
6. This House would provide childcare to teenage parents.
7. This House would overturn Brown v. EMA and ban the sale of violent video games to minors.
8. This House would ban alcohol advertising.
9. This House would pay reparations to African Americans.
10. This House believes policing is racially biased.

Congressional Debate

The “topics” are pieces of legislation that are submitted by the participants and/or league. All legislation should be emailed to tylergbeattie@gmail.com by Saturday March 4^th. The Congress legislative packet will be emailed out by Monday March 6^th.