2026 NOF Emerald Invitational

National Online Forensics - Mar 21 | Status: Completed | 1:15 AM Pacific

Profile Image
Tournament Time: 1:15 AM Pacific
  Home   Contact Tournament   Schedule   Registration   Entries   Headquarters   Postings   Break List   eBallots   Results

  C. High School SPAR Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    An enlightened dictatorship is better than an unstable democracy.
    All teenagers should be required to get after-school jobs
    Former felony offenders should preserve their voting rights

  2. Speaker 2


    An enlightened dictatorship is better than an unstable democracy.
    All teenagers should be required to get after-school jobs
    Former felony offenders should preserve their voting rights

  3. Speaker 3


    All people should be required to register for the selective service (draft)
    Technology increases human communication
    Terrorism can never be justified

  4. Speaker 4


    All people should be required to register for the selective service (draft)
    Technology increases human communication
    Terrorism can never be justified

  5. Speaker 5


    All kids should play on the same sports teams, regardless of gender
    School districts should be unified into one single district in the USA
    Teachers should be allowed to carry guns at school

  6. Speaker 6


    All kids should play on the same sports teams, regardless of gender
    School districts should be unified into one single district in the USA
    Teachers should be allowed to carry guns at school

  7. Speaker 7


    National security should take priority over individual privacy

    The United States should abolish the Electoral College

    Artificial intelligence should be granted limited legal rights

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    The electoral college should be abolished
    The government should provide free internet service for everyone
    Humans have little effect on climate change

  2. Speaker 2


    The electoral college should be abolished
    The government should provide free internet service for everyone
    Humans have little effect on climate change

  3. Speaker 3


    Mandatory military service should be required for all citizens.
    Human cloning should be banned
    In a democracy, civil disobedience is morally justified.

  4. Speaker 4


    Mandatory military service should be required for all citizens.
    Human cloning should be banned
    In a democracy, civil disobedience is morally justified.

  5. Speaker 5


    Political parties should be dissolved
    Military service should be mandatory
    After a revolution, prosecutions are better than amnesties in achieving justice.

  6. Speaker 6


    Political parties should be dissolved
    Military service should be mandatory
    After a revolution, prosecutions are better than amnesties in achieving justice.

  7. Speaker 7


    Globalization has done more harm than good

    Governments should regulate social media algorithms

    The benefits of capitalism outweigh its harms

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    Election day should be an official holiday in the US
    Books should include trigger warnings
    Scientific exploration should be banned in International waters

  2. Speaker 2


    Election day should be an official holiday in the US
    Books should include trigger warnings
    Scientific exploration should be banned in International waters

  3. Speaker 3


    Teachers' unions play a vital role in upholding the quality of education.
    Breastfeeding should be allowed anywhere
    People's social media should be subject to work/school standards

  4. Speaker 4


    Teachers' unions play a vital role in upholding the quality of education.
    Breastfeeding should be allowed anywhere
    People's social media should be subject to work/school standards

  5. Speaker 5


    The police should be allowed to use deadly force
    All schools should be privately funded
    Humans should be allowed to sell their organs

  6. Speaker 6


    The police should be allowed to use deadly force
    All schools should be privately funded
    Humans should be allowed to sell their organs

  7. Speaker 7


    Whistleblowers should always be protected from punishment

    Space exploration is more important than solving problems on Earth

    Education should focus more on critical thinking than memorization

Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    Sports coaches should be paid as much as teachers.
    Wars can be economically justified
    Taxes should not go to military funds

  2. Speaker 2


    Sports coaches should be paid as much as teachers.
    Wars can be economically justified
    Taxes should not go to military funds

  3. Speaker 3


    Military conscription is unjust.
    Property tax should be abolished
    The death penalty is a morally justified punishment.

  4. Speaker 4


    Military conscription is unjust.
    Property tax should be abolished
    The death penalty is a morally justified punishment.

  5. Speaker 5


    Students should have the option to "test out" of school
    Drug addicts need help not punishment
    The West ought to prioritize stability over exporting democracy in foreign policy.

  6. Speaker 6


    Students should have the option to "test out" of school
    Drug addicts need help not punishment
    The West ought to prioritize stability over exporting democracy in foreign policy.