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PBCFL #3
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Florida. View manager contact information Palm Beach Catholic Forensic League Tournament Invitation PBCFL #3 DATE: Saturday, November 5 @ Suncoast High School, 1717 Avenue S, Riviera Beach, FL 33404 Tuesday, November 1, at 3 p.m. is the deadline for registering students. At this time, schools are responsible for the $7 lunch fees (students, judged, coaches, observers), even if they are dropped from the tournament. Wednesday, November 2, at 3 p.m. is the last opportunity to drop students before the website shuts down. At this time, schools are responsible for the $8 registration fee, the $7 lunch fee, and a $10 drop fee ($25 total per student). IF SCHOOLS HAVE NOT PAID IN FULL ANY AND ALL PRIOR PBCFL REGISTRATION FEES AND DROP FEES, BY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, THEIR PROGRAM RISKS BEING DROPPED FROM COMPETITION AT UPCOMING PBCFL TOURNAMENTS. TOURNAMENT GUIDELINES:
ENTRY PROCEDURES and REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT:
CONGRESS-SPECIFIC INFORMATION: All full-text legislation must be emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment in the proper format no later than 3pm FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21. Schools may opt to re-use their October PBCFL legislation. Send legislation to pbcflcongress@gmail.com. NOTE: All legislation must be Federal in nature. No State legislation is allowed. NOTE: Good legislation has good arguments on BOTH SIDES. For example, “increasing the penalty on drunk drivers” is heavily weighted towards the affirmative. “Confiscating the cars of drunk drivers” has room for negative arguments. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE PROHIBITED DUE TO HAVING BEEN DONE WAY TOO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST! Legalize Prostitution Legalize Marijuana Legalize Euthanasia Require Drivers over 65 Retest for Driver’s License Raise or Lower the Voting Age Lower the Drinking Age Institute Stem Cell Research Ban Animal Testing Ban the DeathPenalty Ban Abortion ANYTHING relating to the current Public Forum Debate topic ANYTHING relating to the current Lincoln Douglas Debate topic Schools may send no more than ONE piece of legislation for this tournament. ACTIVE LEGISLATION: Legislation should be up and running through the PBCFL web site (www.pbcfl.net) and on Speechwire by Wednesday, October 26. You will be notified via email when the legislation is active. Mixed chambers will set an agenda on the day of the tournament. LEGISLATION TEMPLATES: Legislative templates are available for use on http://www.pbcfl.net; they can be accessed through the "Legislation" link. Improperly formatted legislation can be rejected at the discretion of league officers. CONGRESS CHAMBER REMINDERS: Extending the questioning period is not allowed, nor are two-part questions. All authorship/sponsorship and first-negative speeches have a mandatory two-minute questioning period. All other speeches have a mandatory one-minute questioning period. Each legislative item must go through at least one complete cycle (three speeches). Recency does NOT reset after lunch. Recesses are allowed under PBCFL rules, with a maximum of 10 minutes of recess per session. Students are encoraged to wait until the recess is called and NOT to move to a point of personal privilege during a session, as to maintaikn a smoother flow during the session. At least 2 hours of debate must take place each session. Recess time is included in this total. The 2 hours begins once the first speech of a session begins. There is 30 minutes prior to the morning session that should be used for electing presiding officers, setting dockets, etc. REGISTRATION ON SATURDAY:
RULE REMINDERS:
JUDGE QUOTAS:
JUDGE TRAINING WORKSHOP: Judge Trainee Workshop participants do NOT need to be registered in advance. However, you do need to order lunches for them. JUDGES ENTERED FOR THE JUDGE TRAINING WORKSHOP DO NOT COUNT TOWARD A SCHOOL'S REQUIRE JUDGE COUNT. YOU MUST ENTER TRAINED JUDGES TO MEET YOUR QUOTA! ENTRY FEES: Each school's PBCFL membership fees ($75) and league registration form must have been received by PBCFL Treasurer Daryl Hall by Tuesday, November 1, in order to compete at the tournament. Schools that do not achieve both of these will be ineligible to compete, and any registered students and judges will be dropped from the tournament. $8 per student MEALS: Coaches must order meals for all students and adults in attendance. The cost is $7 per lunch. Once registration closes that Tuesday at 3 p.m., schools are responsible to pay for all meals. STUDENT LUNCHES: Pizza (Pepperoni or Cheese) ADULT LUNCHES: Buffet DROP FEES: Tuesday, November 1, at 3 p.m.is the deadline for registering students. Wednesday, November 2, at 3 p.m. is the last opportunity to drop students before the website shuts down. At this time, schools are responsible for the $8 entry fee and the $7 lunch fee. An additional $10 drop fee goes into effect after this time. $100 - judge drop fee for any no-show judge on Saturday morning. In addition, you will be required to drop students until the team meets the judge quota. $50 - missed judge rounds (hidden judges). EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING TOPIC AREAS: Asia & Oceania, Europe, US Midterm Elections
US Social Issues
LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE NOVEMBER-DECEMBER TOPIC: Resolved: The People’s Republic of China ought to prioritize environmental protection over economic growth. PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE NOVEMBER-DECEMBER TOPIC: Resolved: The United States’ strategy of Great Power Competition produces more benefits than harms. "MODIFIED" WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE (WSD): World Schools Debate is a three-on-three format. While a given team may consist of five members, only three students from a team participate in a given debate. Teams are assigned one of two sides in each round - either the “government team” proposing the motion, or the opposition team advocating the rejection of the motion. Resolutions come in two types: prepared motions and impromptu motions. All topics needed to be debated from a global perspective, meaning teams needed to stay away from United States-specific argumentation. The PBCFL will be running a modified WSD format. The first two rounds will be a prepared motion, where each team will debate both the proposition and opposition sides. The third round will be an impromptu motion, with 60 minutes of "prep" time before the round. No internet access is allowed during World Schools Debate rounds or during prep on impromptu motions; the only tools that can be used during impromptu prep are a hard-copy dictionary and a hard-copy almanac. The PBCFL will allow three-person non-hybrid teams. Normally, between 3-5 students from multiple schools can comprise a team, but for purposes of the PBCFL, this will not be the case. THE OCTOBER WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE PREPARED MOTION: This House believes that social media platforms should be held responsible for content on their networks. (Prepared motion to be used the first two rounds; the impromptu motion will be announced 60 minutes before Round 3 begins.) Times for each speech are as follows:
The first full minute of a substantive speech and the last full minute of a substantive speech are considered "protected time;" no Points of Information (POIs) may be given during this time. In addition, no POIs may be given during the rebuttal speeches. DEMO VIDEO - THE USA DEBATE TEAM SHOWCASE (Motion: This House Believes That the School Choice Movement Jeopardizes Civil Rights): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUF5BI1-1Ek Important tournament rooms Judge Training - 116 Traci Lowe Mailing address c/o Daryl Hall SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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