World Schools Debate Information and Schedule

We will follow the NSDA/TFA rules for this event. The prepared motions will be posted no later than September 28. They will come from the list of resolutions from the TFA October choices. The schedule below will be adapted depending on the number of teams entered in the tournament. If we have 25 or fewer teams in the tournament, we will follow a schedule of four preliminary rounds to elimination rounds. If 26 or more teams are entered, we will have five preliminary rounds followed by an appropriate elimination round. We will guarantee that all one loss or fewer teams will break. Some 3-2's may break in a five round preliminary tournament. We will adjust the Saturday schedule if we have five preliminary rounds. Round 5 will be an impromptu motion if it is offered.

We have scheduled a mandatory judge training prior to Round 1. All school affiliated judges are required to attend, even if they have previous judging experience. It will be a time for us to determine expectations and procedures. School judges who do not attend will be removed from the judging pool and judge fees will be added to the school invoice to cover the cost of a judge willing to attend the training. In short, school judges must commit to training prior to judging at the tournament. Saturday judges may meet the requirement by attending training during the Round 3 preparation period.

World Schools Debate Schedule

Friday, October 24

4:30 pm Mandatory Judge Training

5:00 pm Round 1 (Prepared)

6:30 pm Round 2 (Prepared; Switch Side from Round 1)

8:00 pm Round 3 (Prepared)

Saturday, October 25

8:30am Round 3 (Prepared)

10:00am Round 4 Impromptu Announcement

11:00am Round 4 (Impromptu)

1:00pm Elim 1 Impromptu Announcement

2:00pm Elim 1(Impromptu)

3:30pm Elim 2 Impromptu Announcement

4:30pm Elim 2 (Impromptu)

6:00pm Elim 3 (Prepared)

Order of the Prepared Motions

Round 1 & 2 Prepared Motion (Switch sides)

• This House welcomes climate pessimism. Info slide: Climate pessimism is the viewpoint that catastrophic global heating and severe ecological breakdown cannot be fully prevented and we should make decisions based on this fact.

Round 3 Prepared

• This House would prioritize expanding access to affordable housing over increasing wages.

Round 4 Impromptu Motion

Round 5 (if necessary) Impromptu

Elim 1 Impromptu

Elim 2 Impromptu

Elim 3 Prepared

• This House believes democratic elections are better served by public financing than by privately funded campaigns. Info Slide: A publicly financed election is one in which candidates’ campaigns are funded by the state through public funds, such as tax revenues, rather than through private donations, corporate contributions, or candidates’ personal wealth.