Apple Valley MinneApple Debate Tournament
2021 — NSDA Campus, MN/US
Congress Schedule/Information
Legislation
Dates: October 18 - Legislation Due; October 23 - Legislation Released
The docket is available in the tab to the right, toward the top.
Submission: Please use templates from CongressionalDebate.org; also available on the "Legislation" tab here.
Resources
Virtual competition resources for contestants/judges (both scorers and parliamentarians)
MinneApple tournament rules, procedures, protocols, and online considerations
Schedule
All times Central Standard Time (CST).
Friday
3:15pm Judge room (NSDA Campus) "Open House" for Q&A
3:45pm Check-in to chambers assigned
3:45pm Standby Judge Check-In, Congress Judge Room
4:00 - 6:45 Round 1
6:45 - 7:30 Dinner
7:20pm Check-in to chambers assigned; Standbys to Judge Room
7:30 - 9:45 Round 2
Saturday
9:45am Check-in to chambers assigned; Standbys to Judge Room
10:00-12:15 Round 3
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:15pm Check-in to chambers assigned; Standbys to Judge Room
1:30-3:45 Semifinal Round
4:00pm Check-in to chamber; ; Standbys to Judge Room
4:15-6:30 Final Round
Rules & Pilots
Click here for complete rules, tournament procedures and protocols, and online considerations.
Pilots: we follow NSDA rules and procedures for Congressional Debate, with the following pilots in place:
- Limit of debate to no more than 8 speeches per legislation.
- Each author/sponsor will give a 90-second final appeal speech – with no questioning – when debate concludes on their legislation, which will be scored as a final addition to their speech, but not count for precedence/recency
- Preset recency
- Direct questioning in all rounds
Assistance
During tournament: info@congressionaldebate.org or text (617) 545-4822 (4-TAB).