A. Championship SPAR Event Prompts

Round 1

  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 emergencies

  2. Speaker 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 emergencies

  3. Speaker 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 decisions

  4. Speaker 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 decisions

  5. Speaker 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 Security

  6. Speaker 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 Security

  7. Speaker 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 areas

  8. Speaker 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

  1. 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 entirely

  2. Speaker 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 entirely

  3. Speaker 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 extension

  4. Speaker 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 extension

  5. Speaker 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 government

  6. Speaker 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 government

  7. Speaker 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 infrastructure

  8. Speaker 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

  1. 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 governments

  2. Speaker 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 governments

  3. Speaker 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 Bank

  4. Speaker 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 Bank

  5. Speaker 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 property

  6. Speaker 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 property

  7. Speaker 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 system

  8. Speaker 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