Debate Rules & Competition Material Policy

01 Oct 2024

We published the debate rules for this season on September 4, and we are adding FAQs.

Written by

Lisa Schumacher

Did you catch that the updated debate rules are published on the website? The biggest changes are that we’ve separated TP and LD rules and added rules for in-room evidence review during preliminary rounds. We’ve also separated the Competition Material Policy for debate from the one for speech and added more direct language about the prohibition of sexually explicit content in rounds.

The overview pages for Policy and Value debate each contain an FAQ section at the bottom with more answers coming this week including one about how to handle sensitive material in debate rounds.

Published on

October 1, 2024