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 emergencies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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