Policy

Policy Debate (CX)

The 2020 Debate for Change Policy Debate competition will include six prelims and break to semis/quarters* depending on the number of entries. The tournament will be held on discord. The discord for policy debate is here: https://discord.gg/jQANNWp Furthermore, debaters will abide by an 8-3-5 format, with 8 minutes of prep for both sides. 

There is an entry fee of $10 per team. If you are competing as a maverick, the cost will be reduced to $5, but you must notify us at choudhura3@bxscience.edu.  

Debaters will be debating NFHS’ 2019-2020 Arm Sales topic -- Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.

We are also requesting volunteer judges, and that one or two teams bring at least one judge. If you are unable bring a judge, email choudhura3@bxsicence.edu, and we will try to resolve the problem. 

*note: we will only be breaking to quarters if there are ten or more entries.

The schedule will be as follows: 

Friday 6/19: 

Round 1: 10am-12pm

Decisions due: 12:15pm

Round 2: 12:45pm-2:45pm 

Decisions due: 3pm

Round 3: 3:30pm -5:30pm

Decisions due: 5:45pm

Saturday 6/20:

Round 4: 10am-12pm

Decisions due: 12:15pm

Round 5: 12:45pm-2:45pm

Decisions due: 3pm

Round 6: 3:30pm-5:30pm

Decisions due: 5:45pm

Sunday 6/21:

Semis/Quarters: 10am-12pm

Decisions due: 12:30pm

Finals/Semis: 1pm-3pm

Decisions due: 3:30pm

Finals: 4pm-6pm

Decisions due: 6:30pm

Pairings for round one and round two will be released thirty minutes prior to round one, and subsequent pairings will be released thirty minutes prior to their respective rounds.

Flipping for sides: We will be using online flips for elimination rounds in Policy Debate. Two minutes after pairings are released, Tabroom will randomly select a team to choose their side. If you are notified that you are choosing you will be provided with a link and three minutes to decide whether you want to debate on aff or neg. If you fail to decide within three minutes, the opposing team will then be given the same amount of time to decide. If the losing team fails, tab will decide instead.