Live Webcast of Finals from NFL Nationals Today

You can see the best high school speakers and debaters live on your computer. On Friday 19 June 2009 there will be a live webcast of a number of events from the National Forensic League's national speech and debate championship tournament from the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Concert Hall in Birmingham, Alabama. The NFL Nationals is the largest speech and debate tournament in the world, with well over 5000 people attending. Competition will last all week leading up to Friday. The webcast can be viewed at http://www.uvm.edu/debate_theater/

You can also watch directly from QuickTime, which in some cases may work better.

Open QuickTime Player (latest version)
Choose Open URL from the File menu
Enter this URL: rtsp://quicktime.uvm.edu:1554/debate_theater

Here are the times. All times are USA Central.

8 AM Original Oratory Finals

9:30 AM USA Extemporaneous Speaking Finals

11 AM International Extemporaneous Speaking Finals

12:30 PM Policy Debate Finals

2:30 PM Public Forum Debate Finals

3:30 PM Lincoln Douglas Debate Finals

5 PM Awards Program

The webcast is sponsored by Debate Central, the World Debate Institute and the University of Vermont. Special thanks to the NFL for providing technical support, a three-camera shoot and fantastic events.