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  • THR the rise of franchise sports leagues at the expense of bilateral/multilateral sports series.

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    Historically, international sports was played between sports-playing nations around the world in bilateral ('between two countries') or multilateral ('between multiple countries') series. Under a bilateral/multilateral system, sports-playing nations would invite teams from other nations to compete for a particular title, league, friendly match, and so on. Examples include the Lansdowne Cup between the national rugby teams of Ireland and Australia, or invitational games between the national cricket teams of India, Pakistan, Australia, and so on. Each country's representative sports team is owned and managed by the government, where all players on the team must hold citizenship in that country. On the other hand, in franchise leagues, sports teams are privately owned and managed. Franchise teams can consist of a mix of players from different nationalities, and often play in extensive seasons. Examples of franchise leagues are the Indian Premier League for cricket and the English Premier League for football. Recently, the rise in franchise sporting leagues has come at the expense of bilateral/multilateral sports series due to complications in scheduling and resource management.

    Singapore International Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-16

  • This house prefers a world in which all world religions codified the doctrine of the "Protestant work ethic".

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    The "Protestant work ethic" refers to the notion that work is a spiritually noble vocation. As such, individuals who adopt the Protestant work ethic believe ordinary labor (e.g. farming, business) are not just economic necessities, but active callings from God, and that traits in the pursuit of hard work (e.g. diligence, perseverance) are signs of spiritual strength.

    Singapore International Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-11-16

  • This house believes that international financial institutions should refuse to fund projects that substantially increases a country’s net greenhouse gas emissions.

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    International financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are global organisations that give loans and grants to countries to fund large development projects, such as power plants, roads, industries, and public transport systems. A country’s net greenhouse gas emissions are the total greenhouse gasses (GHGs) it releases minus any GHGs it removes. For example, even if a country produces 1 tonne of GHGs (e.g. through factories or burning fossil fuels), its net greenhouse gas emission is zero if it also removes 1 tonne of CHGs from the atmosphere (e.g. through forest replantation or the use of GHG-capturing technology).

    Singapore International Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-11-16

  • This house believes that Australia should nationalise its struggling heavy industrial plants rather than subsidising private owners to run them

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    A number of heavy industrial plants in Australia (e.g. smelteries, steelmills) are unlikely to be commercially viable into the near future without government support due in part to energy costs and ageing infrastructure.

    ANU Spring 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-11-15

  • This house supports the establishment of government run grocery stores in urban food deserts

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    For the purposes of this debate, a food desert is defined as an area in which the majority of the population is: 1) more than 20 minutes from a grocery store by the dominant mode of transport in that area 2) low income

    ANU Spring 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-15

  • This house believes that the US rescue package for Argentina is in the interests of the Trump administration

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    The US rescue package for Argentina had two elements: 1) A currency swap line which allows Argentina to swap Pesos for USD 2) The US Treasury purchasing pesos on the open market This deal was announced immediately prior to the Argentinian Mid Term elections.

    ANU Spring 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-11-15

  • This House Regrets the rise of "Social Commerce"

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    For the purposes of this debate, "social commerce" stands for the expansion of social media into e-commerce, integrating shopping features, where users can discover, browse, and purchase products without leaving the app. Examples include Facebook Marketplace, Instagram Shopping, TikTok Shop, etc.

    Ecuadorian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-14

  • This house believes that green belts in and around cities should be eliminated when experiencing a housing supply shortage

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    A green belt is an area designated to preserve nature or open space. They may be large recreational parks, undeveloped wilderness, or agricultural land. Development on this land is severely restricted

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-11-10

  • This house prefers a widespread adoption of process-based as opposed to outcomes-based environmental regulation

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    Process-based environmental regulations refers to regulations that prescribe specific practices (i.e. use of renewable energy sources, specific farming techniques to reduce emission, etc.) in protecting the environment. In comparison, outcomes-based regulation (e.g. emission caps or waste reduction goals) without prescribing how they must be achieved

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-10

  • This house would choose to become a ghost-writer.

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    You are a young and talented short-story and poetry writer who publishes online, earning little and working multiple part-time jobs to get by and afford rent; you are approached by a fairly prominent artist and offered a deal to sign with their label, guaranteeing a stable and significantly above- average salary as a ghostwriter; you will never publish online or under your own name again as a part of the contract

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-11-10

  • This house would remove patents for eco-friendly technologies.

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    Patents give inventors exclusive rights to produce or sell their inventions for a certain period of time, preventing others from copying or using the same technology without permission

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-10

  • This house regrets the trend of the debating community reverting to offline events.

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    As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the debating community shifted its activities online, with the vast majority of trainings, coaching, and tournaments (including majors such as WUDC, ABP, or EUDC) being held on various online platforms such as Zoom or Discord. With the end of the pandemic, much of debating has begun to revert to offline events (e.g. the past three iterations of WUDC were held in-person), although online debating has not completely died out.

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-10