A. Championship SPAR Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
The United States should ban predictive policing technologies
There should be a global limit on individual wealth
Military conscription should be reintroduced during national emergenciesSpeaker 2
The United States should ban predictive policing technologies
There should be a global limit on individual wealth
Military conscription should be reintroduced during national emergenciesSpeaker 3
The U.S. should recognize ecocide as an international crime
Corporations should be taxed based on environmental impact
Artificial intelligence should be banned from making hiring decisionsSpeaker 4
The U.S. should recognize ecocide as an international crime
Corporations should be taxed based on environmental impact
Artificial intelligence should be banned from making hiring decisionsSpeaker 5
The government should not be allowed to use private contractors in warfare
All campaign donations should come from public funds
The United States should abolish the Department of Homeland SecuritySpeaker 6
The government should not be allowed to use private contractors in warfare
All campaign donations should come from public funds
The United States should abolish the Department of Homeland SecuritySpeaker 7
People should have the right to delete themselves from the internet
Foreign lobbying in the U.S. should be completely illegal
Drone delivery services should be banned in urban areasSpeaker 8
People should have the right to delete themselves from the internet
Foreign lobbying in the U.S. should be completely illegal
Drone delivery services should be banned in urban areas
Round 2
Speaker 1
The United States should leave the International Monetary Fund
AI-generated music should be treated as theft
National governments should have the power to ban cryptocurrencies entirelySpeaker 2
The United States should leave the International Monetary Fund
AI-generated music should be treated as theft
National governments should have the power to ban cryptocurrencies entirelySpeaker 3
America should no longer guarantee military support to South Korea
The use of facial recognition in public spaces should be a crime
Governments should fund experiments in human life extensionSpeaker 4
America should no longer guarantee military support to South Korea
The use of facial recognition in public spaces should be a crime
Governments should fund experiments in human life extensionSpeaker 5
The United States should eliminate all tax breaks for religious organizations
Data brokers should be banned
All private gun sales should be processed through the federal governmentSpeaker 6
The United States should eliminate all tax breaks for religious organizations
Data brokers should be banned
All private gun sales should be processed through the federal governmentSpeaker 7
America should abandon its policy of drone warfare
Cities should ban home ownership by corporations
Private companies should not be allowed to own space infrastructureSpeaker 8
America should abandon its policy of drone warfare
Cities should ban home ownership by corporations
Private companies should not be allowed to own space infrastructure
Round 3
Speaker 1
Citizenship should not be granted automatically by birth location
Governments should pay individuals for their personal data
The U.S. should eliminate sovereign immunity for foreign governmentsSpeaker 2
Citizenship should not be granted automatically by birth location
Governments should pay individuals for their personal data
The U.S. should eliminate sovereign immunity for foreign governmentsSpeaker 3
State borders within the U.S. should be redrawn based on population and geography
Genetically edited babies should be legal
The U.S. should withdraw from the World BankSpeaker 4
State borders within the U.S. should be redrawn based on population and geography
Genetically edited babies should be legal
The U.S. should withdraw from the World BankSpeaker 5
Individuals should have the legal right to sell their own organs
Carbon offsets should be banned
U.S. law should treat digital property the same as physical propertySpeaker 6
Individuals should have the legal right to sell their own organs
Carbon offsets should be banned
U.S. law should treat digital property the same as physical propertySpeaker 7
Political parties should be banned from drawing district maps
Internet access should be a constitutionally protected right
The IRS should be replaced with a fully automated tax systemSpeaker 8
Political parties should be banned from drawing district maps
Internet access should be a constitutionally protected right
The IRS should be replaced with a fully automated tax system