NFL-WSDC Round Robin in Alabma Announces Pairings, Motions & Trainings

These events will take place at the National Forensic League national championship speech and debate tournament to be held in Birmingham, Alabama in June 2013. The program is jointly sponsored by the NFL and the World Debate Institute http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/.

WSDC TRAINING AT NFL 2013

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

10 AM
Introduction to the format & differences with USA formats

11 AM
Introduction to international schools debating scene

1:30 PM & 2:30 PM & 3:30 PM
4 Elective sessions, in various combinations, including:
• Introduction to the format & differences with USA formats
• Training in the WSDC format
• Adding WSDC to your debate program
• Judging
• Online resources, videos and information
• Motions/Topics types and differences
• Points of Information

4:30 PM
Interested students and judges invited to hold a mock round

NFL WSDC ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT

20-21 JUNE 2013

FIRST TEAM LISTED IS AFFIRMATIVE

ONE

1-6
Singapore
Houston

4-3
Mexico
Slovenia

5-2
USA
Canada

TWO

6-4
Houston
Mexico

2-1
Canada
Singapore

3-5
Slovenia
USA

THREE

2-6
Canada
Houston

5-4
USA
Mexico

1-3
Singapore
Slovenia

FOUR

6-5
Houston
USA

3-2
Slovenia
Canada

4-1
Mexico
Singapore

FIVE

3-6
Slovenia
Houston

1-5
Singapore
USA

2-4
Canada
Mexico

TEAM NUMBERS DETERMINED BY A RANDOM DRAW AND INSERTED INTO THE ROUND ROBIN FORMAT

1=SINGAPORE
2=CANADA
3=SLOVENIA
4=MEXICO
5=USA
6=HOUSTON

8:30 AM Opening
9:00 AM Announce Round One Motion
9:00 AM Judge Training Session
10:00 AM Round One prepared
Noon Round Two impromptu
1:30 PM Lunch
2:30 PM Announce Round Three Motion
3:30 PM Round Three prepared
5:30 PM Round Four impromptu

Friday
9:00 AM Announce Round Five Motion
10:00 AM Round Five impromptu
Noon Announce Finalists
Afternoon Finals

MOTIONS

Round 2 Prepared
THBT the creation of the Eurozone has done more harm than good.
BACKGROUND: The Eurozone is a currency union consisting of European Union member states that have adopted the Euro as their common currency. Eurozone monetary policy is administered by the European Central Bank.

Round 4 Prepared
THBT China and the USA will NOT be allies in the 21st Century.

Final Prepared
THBT the use of attack drones outside of declared wars should be a war crime.