About this format:
Public Forum Debate, which is one of the fastest growing forensic events
in the United States, pits two teams of two against one on another in
a debate that is modeled after Crossfire and other cable news debate shows.
It was initially designed to be easy to televise and targets students
who don’t have time to make a debate a priority. It uses a minimal
amount of Debate jargon (For example AFF= PRO and NEG= CON) and it MUST
be judged by people with no debate experience.
The Demosthenian Classic will use the January, 2006 topic established by the NFL.
| We will also use the official NFL format. | |
| Speaker A Speaker B Cross-fire (A1&B1) Speaker A2 Speaker B2 Cross-fire (A2&B2) Summary A1 Summary B1 Grand Cross-fire (All) Last Shot A2 Last Shot B2 Preparation time for each team |
14 Minutes 14 Minutes 2 Minutes 4 Minutes 4 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 2 Minutes 1 Minute 1 Minute 2 Minutes |
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