Collier County South Region Scrimmage

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 FCDI Collier County South Region Scrimmage

Immokalee High School

December 13, 2025

This is a Middle/High School In-Person Scrimmage tournament.

You are cordially invited to the FCDI Collier County South Region Scrimmage to be held at Immokalee High School on December 13, 2025. This tournament will be an in-person scrimmage.

This FCDI Tournament offers Middle School (6^th – 8^th grade), high school novice (first year competing ever), and high school varsity (has competed for more than one year) competition. All schools are welcome to compete.

All competitors will compete in 3 rounds of a prearranged schedule.

Coach check-in/Team Registration begins at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. The tournament will begin at 9:30 AM Eastern time.  We value your time. Please be assured that we are always striving to stick to the schedule. The full schedule can be found below and in the Schedule tab on the SpeechWire registration page for the tournament.

TENTATIVE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON DECEMBER 10, 2025, at 11:59 PM.

EVENTS and DIVISIONS: We offer middle school (M), novice (N), and varsity (V) divisions. If numbers allow, we will offer separate middle school and novice divisions. We reserve the right to combine divisions. If we combine divisions, there will be a Middle and Novice winner also chosen. 

No Double Entry.  If a coach submits the same student for two events, that student will be automatically disqualified for both events.

EVENTS INCLUDE:

• PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE (PF)
• IMPROMPTU SPEAKING (IMP)

Observers are allowed.  All Observers must follow FCDI and Collier County Debate guidelines for Civil Behavior.

TOPICS: Topics for some events may be pre-announced (see below). Participants should familiarize themselves with potential topics/resolutions and prepare accordingly.

Public Forum Topic: Resolved: Social media platforms are doing more harm than good for civil discourse.

NOTE: Students who compete in debate events must be ready to argue both sides of an issue. Academic debate is an intellectual activity and is not about personal advocacy.

Impromptu Topic Areas: Citizen Influences on Government, Dinner Conversations with ______, What would you do if... 

JUDGES: JUDGING REQUIREMENTS

Because tournaments rely on volunteer judges, recruiting and training judges is vital.  Judges must be trained via the Canvas courses provided by FDI to fulfill your judge obligations. The FCDI requires teams provide judges proportional to the number of students they have registered for a given tournament.

The FCDI divides judges into two types:

• Speech (Can judge IMP)
• Debate (Can judge PF)

 Should the tournament need judges of a specific type, judges may have to take a ballot in an event type for which they were not registered.

For every two Public Forums Debate teams, one debate judge must be registered.

For every five Impromptu entries, one speech judge must be registered.

Adults and coaches may judge any division. Judges must be trained. It is the affirmative duty of the coach to ensure that all judges (except students) must be approved as vetted volunteers through their district’s volunteer system.

At every FCDI tournament, a team member will present a judge orientation, event overview, and answer any final questions judges may have. On-site judge training will always be available to any judge that needs assistance one hour before the tournament begins. Please encourage new judges to arrive early to take advantage of this training.

COACHES: All teams must have either a coach or assistant coach present at every event the team participates in for the duration of the tournament. If an FCDI registered coach cannot attend the tournament, coaches may designate a proxy coach on a per tournament basis. This change must be asked for in writing and approved by the FCDI. Proxy coach requests must be submitted with a letter from the principal stating that the proxy coach is approved to supervise the students. Any team found in violation of this rule will be disqualified from the tournament and asked to leave. A letter will also be sent to the school principal notifying them of this rule violation.

FEES: FCDI member schools pay no general registration fees. Non-FCDI schools pay $5.00/student. All schools may incur a late drop fee after the registration deadline.

Please make checks payable to and mail to:

Florida Debate Initiative, Inc.

87 Geneva Drive

Oviedo, FL 32765

TOURNAMENT CONTACTS:

Hollie Adams

Email: hadams@floridadebate.org

Phone: 321-345-7067

Mercedes Cortes
South Regional Ambassador
Email: mcortes@floridadebate.org
Phone: 305-877-4714

FLORIDA CIVICS AND DEBATE INITIATIVE CONTACT INFORMATION:

John Duebel
Director, Florida Civics and Debate Initiative 

Email address: John.Duebel1@fldoe.org
Phone number: 850-245-0504

The Florida Civics and Debate Initiative is proud to partner with the Florida Debate Initiative, which oversees our tournament operations and manages the Regional Ambassadors who help bring our mission to life.

FLORIDA DEBATE INITIATIVE CONTACT INFORMATION:

Abraham López
President, Florida Debate Initiative

Email address: alopez@floridadebate.org
Phone number: 201-892-6371

Manager contact information

Hollie Adams
Email address: hadams@floridadebate.org
Phone number: (321)345-7067

Mailing address

325 W.Gaines St., Suite 1524
Tallahassee, FL 32399