2024 Professional Online Fall Classic

Professional Speech and Debate Association - Dec 14 | Status: Completed | 7:09 PM Pacific

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  A. Professional Spontaneous Debate Event Prompts

Round 1 - 9:00AM

Speaker 1

Set 1:

  • The internet should be regulated as a public utility.
  • Super strength is a preferable power to flight.
  • The use of technology in the classroom will cause more harm than good.
Speaker 2

Set 1:

  • The internet should be regulated as a public utility.
  • Super strength is a preferable power to flight.
  • The use of technology in the classroom will cause more harm than good.
Speaker 3

Set 2:

  • Schools should prioritize investing in the arts over investing in athletics.
  • Nuclear is a preferable energy source to solar.
  • Robin Hood was a hero, not a thief.
Speaker 4

Set 2:

  • Schools should prioritize investing in the arts over investing in athletics.
  • Nuclear is a preferable energy source to solar.
  • Robin Hood was a hero, not a thief.
Speaker 5

Set 3:

  • Dogs make better pets than cats.
  • Fiction is preferable to nonfiction.
  • Virtual reality is a better form of entertainment than traditional movies and TV shows.
Speaker 6

Set 3:

  • Dogs make better pets than cats.
  • Fiction is preferable to nonfiction.
  • Virtual reality is a better form of entertainment than traditional movies and TV shows.
Speaker 7

Set 4:

  • X does more harm than Facebook.
  • Summer is better than winter.
  • The use of plastic should be banned in all forms.
Speaker 8

Set 4:

  • X does more harm than Facebook.
  • Summer is better than winter.
  • The use of plastic should be banned in all forms.
Speaker 9

Set 5:

  • Money can’t buy happiness.
  • Baseball is no longer America’s pastime.
  • Eating meat is morally wrong.
Speaker 10

Set 5:

  • Money can’t buy happiness.
  • Baseball is no longer America’s pastime.
  • Eating meat is morally wrong.

Round 2 - 10:30AM

Speaker 1

Set 1:

  • Candy should be given as rewards in the classroom.
  • The Supreme Court is too powerful.
  • Werewolves are scarier than vampires.
Speaker 2

Set 1:

  • Candy should be given as rewards in the classroom.
  • The Supreme Court is too powerful.
  • Werewolves are scarier than vampires.
Speaker 3

Set 2:

  • Students should wear uniforms to school.
  • Athletes speaking out on their beliefs have done more harm than good.
  • The use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture is necessary for food security.
Speaker 4

Set 2:

  • Students should wear uniforms to school.
  • Athletes speaking out on their beliefs have done more harm than good.
  • The use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture is necessary for food security.
Speaker 5

Set 3:

  • National Security ought to be prioritized over the right to privacy.
  • Time-traveling forwards is preferable to time-traveling backward.
  • Round pizzas are better than rectangular ones.
Speaker 6

Set 3:

  • National Security ought to be prioritized over the right to privacy.
  • Time-traveling forwards is preferable to time-traveling backward.
  • Round pizzas are better than rectangular ones.
Speaker 7

Set 4:

  • Public transit is preferable to personal vehicle ownership.
  • The use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system will cause more harm than good.
  • Everyone should learn to play a musical instrument.
Speaker 8

Set 4:

  • Public transit is preferable to personal vehicle ownership.
  • The use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system will cause more harm than good.
  • Everyone should learn to play a musical instrument.
Speaker 9

Set 5:

  • Capitalism is a preferable economic system to socialism.
  • Darth Vader was ultimately a hero, not a villain.
  • Schools should allow students to bring pets to class.
Speaker 10

Set 5:

  • Capitalism is a preferable economic system to socialism.
  • Darth Vader was ultimately a hero, not a villain.
  • Schools should allow students to bring pets to class.

Final Round - 12:30PM

Speaker 1

Set 1:

  • The internet has done more harm than good.
  • Virtual learning is not suitable for young children.
  • Trade schools are preferable to higher education.
Speaker 2

Set 1:

  • The internet has done more harm than good.
  • Virtual learning is not suitable for young children.
  • Trade schools are preferable to higher education.
Speaker 3

Set 2:

  • Environmental rights of the future should supersede economic interests of current generations.
  • Billionaires should pay for their own stadiums.
  • The use of robots in the workplace will cause more harm than good.
Speaker 4

Set 2:

  • Environmental rights of the future should supersede economic interests of current generations.
  • Billionaires should pay for their own stadiums.
  • The use of robots in the workplace will cause more harm than good.
Speaker 5

Set 3:

  • Aliens are real.
  • Children should not be allowed to watch television.
  • Space exploration is a more worthwhile endeavor than ocean exploration.
Speaker 6

Set 3:

  • Aliens are real.
  • Children should not be allowed to watch television.
  • Space exploration is a more worthwhile endeavor than ocean exploration.