2021 TFA State Schedule- Congress & World Schools Debate

DEBATE EVENT SCHEDULE (Congress and World Schools)

--Pairings will be released no less than 45 minutes prior to the scheduled round.

--All judges and contestants should be in rooms for Tech Check no later than 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the round.

--Elimination rounds will be accelerated when appropriate and possible

--All debaters are encouraged to used email chains for the exchange and sharing of evidence

--Individual announcements including chamber announcements, World School motions, roll call, Oath of Office, etc. will be made by the persons running these events.

 --IF YOU ARE NOT IN YOUR ROOM 10 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR ROUND YOUR JUDGE WILL START YOUR TECH TIME (I.E. IF YOUR TECH CHECK IS 5:45 AND YOU SHOW UP AT 5:55 YOU WILL HAVE LOST 5 MINUTES OF TECH TIME)

Congressional Debate

Wednesday, March 10

6:00-8:00pm               Mandatory Tech Check for all contestants/judges/coaches

Thursday, March 11

9:00-11:30am             (mandatory check-in @ 8:50) Preliminary Session 1

3:00-5:00pm               (mandatory check-in @ 2:50) Preliminary Session 2

Friday, March 12

9:00am-12:00pm        (mandatory check-in @ 8:50) Semifinal Session 1

3:00-6:00pm               (mandatory check-in @ 2:50) Semifinal Session 2

Saturday, March 13

1:30-5:00pm               (mandatory check-in @ 1:20) Final Session

World Schools Debate

--Motions for the prepared rounds are listed after this schedule

Wednesday, March 10

6:00-8:00pm               Mandatory Tech Check for all contestants/judges/coaches

7:00-8:00pm               Mandatory Judge Training (must attend this session or Thursday morning session)

Thursday, March 11

8:15am                        Mandatory Judge Training (must attend this session or Wednesday evening session)

8:45am                        (mandatory) Tech Check Round 1

9:00-10:30am             Round 1 (Prepared)

10:45am                      (mandatory) Tech Check Round 2

11:00-1:00pm             Round 2 (Prepared; opposite side from Round 1 motion)

1:30pm                        Roll Call/Announcements

2:00pm                        Announce Round 3 Motion

3:00-4:30pm               Round 3 (Impromptu)

5:45pm                        Roll Call/Announcements

6:00pm                        Announce Round 4 Motion

7:00-8:30pm               Round 4 (Impromptu)

Friday, March 12

8:45am                        Roll Call/Announcements

9:00am                        Announce Round 5 Motion

10:00-11:30am           Round 5 (Impromptu)

12:15pm                     (mandatory) Tech Check Round 6

12:30-2:00pm             Round 6 (Prepared)

3:45pm                        Roll Call/Announcements/FLIP FOR SIDES

4:00pm                        Announce Partial Octos Motion

5:00-6:30pm               Partial Octos (Impromptu)

6:45pm                        MEET TO FLIP FOR SIDES FOR MORNING DEBATE

Saturday, March 13

8:45am                        (mandatory) Tech Check Quarters

9:00-10:30am            Quarters (Prepared)

11:00am                      Roll Call/Announcements/FLIP FOR SIDES

11:15am                      Announce Semis Motion

12:15-1:45pm            Semis  (Impromptu)

2:00pm                        MEET TO FLIP FOR SIDES

2:45pm                        (mandatory) Tech Check  Finals

3:00pm                       Finals (Prepared)

AWARDS - SUNDAY, March 14th, 12 noon CST. (DON'T FORGET DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME)

Lunch of Champions at 3PM CST. 

WSD Topics

Round 1: This House, as the United States, supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Round 2: This House, as the United States, supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Teams will debate the opposite side from Round 1)

Round 3: Impromptu

Round 4: Impromptu

Round 5: Impromptu

Round 6: In a democracy, this House prefers a parliamentary system to a presidential system.

Elim Rd 1: Impromptu

Elim Rd 2: This House would amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to include the crime of ‘ecocide.’

Explanation: Ecocide is criminalized human activity that violates the principles of environmental justice, as by substantially damaging or destroying ecosystems or by harming the health and well-being of a species.

Elim Rd 3: Impromptu

Elim Rd 4: This House would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act