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  • This house would fire Checo

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    You are the team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 (F1) team. You have won several championships and currently employ the reigning multi-world champion, Max Verstappen. The second driver that you employ, Sergio ""Checo"" Perez, is sponsored by big name corporations, such as: Disney, Telcel, Mobil, Claro, Nescafe, and Kitkat. The money that Checo's sponsors bring to the team allow you to afford employing Max. However, in the current 2024 F1 Season, Checo has been underperforming and has costed millions of money for car repairs. This has led to Red Bull getting closer to F1's cost cap. As a consequence, Red Bull is limited in implementing upgrades on the car and is vulnerable to falling behind other competitors who can afford to spend on upgrades throughout the remainder of the season. In response, different managerial and rank-and-file employees in the team have tried to push you to fire Checo, and replace him with a more promising younger driver. However, the sponsors who have backed Checo, have threatened to pull out their funding for Red Bull if Checo was fired. Despite the rest of the team’s frustration, Max has worked well with Checo for the past 3 seasons together.

    National Debate Championship Hermosa 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-11-13

  • This house prefers a world where the guest of honour throws the last pitch of the game instead of first pitch (last pitch meaning any pitch that could potentially end the game, such as a 2 strike count on 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth)

    Infoslide

    The "ceremonial first pitch" is a common baseball ritual involving a guest of honour (commonly a celebrity, president, or former player) who pitches a ball from the mound to end pregame festivies and start the game.

    CP Panda 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-12

  • This house would take the offer

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    You are Roald. A lead singer of a folk music band, called UU Liberation Front. From a young age onward you have been passionate about your genre and over the years you have created a small but dedicated fan base. One day, a producer from the world’s largest music label recognizes your talent and offers you a contract—under the condition that you leave your current band mate Raoul, as the label views them as less skilled, and instead join three musicians of their choosing (Roland, Ronald & Ronand). You get offered a five year deal with a significantly higher income.

    Erasmus Novice Cup 2024 · Silver Finals · 2024-11-09

  • This House Opposes the increased presence of victimhood culture

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    "Victimhood culture" is a mindset where individuals or groups often perceive themselves as victims and frequently emphasize their oppression or suffering.

    Oxford Intervarsity 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-11-09

  • This house opposes the singular focus of the basketball community on Caitlin Clark

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    **The WNBA is the world 's premier women's basketball league which has struggled for the past two decades, forcing it to take funding and sponsorship from the much larger male NBA. The salary disparity is a result of this, as the WNBA's best player still makes far less than the NBA's youngest rookie \- the league justifies salary gaps due to fractional viewership as compared to the NBA, where the WNBA is still unable to turn around a profit on its own. Caitlin Clark is a rookie in the WNBA with unmatched skills and hype surmounting a lot of male NBA players. The fame she brought to the league was so incredible, that her own team's merch and ticket sales shot up exponentially, with overall WNBA viewership following suit. Despite this turnaround, Clark has faced unparalleled criticism from past & present WNBA legends, media houses, sports analysts, and fans alike. Much of it narrows down to Clark being a white woman, being heralded as the face of a black- dominated league. While Clark can be credited with much of the league's growth, she also owns a majority of sponsorships signed this year. Despite overall WNBA viewership shooting up, it did dropped signficantly once Clark's team was knocked out of the playoffs \- showing the gravity she already holds as a rookie.**

    Athena: The Fundraiser Debate · Round 4 · 2024-11-08

  • This house believes that war journalists should be forced to reveal their sources in international criminal tribunals* trying cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. *e.g. International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); International Criminal Court (ICC)

    Oxford WGM 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-11-08

  • This house prefers 'direct cinema' to 'cinema verite' as a dominant approach to production of video journalism and documentary films

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    'Direct Cinema' emphasizes observational filmmaking. Directors avoid interfering with or influencing the subject matter to capture events as they unfold naturally, with minimal interaction between the filmmaker and the subjects. The goal is to let the events speak for themselves. On the other hand, 'Cinema Verite' embraces the director's presence and allows them to actively interact with their subjects. They may ask questions, provoke reactions, or even appear on screen.

    Kumamoto North East Asia Debating Championship 2024 · Open Quarter Finals · 2024-11-08

  • This house would choose to stay in the show

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    **You are a man in your mid-30s. You work for a job that you love, are married to a woman you love, and have a supportive community of friends. One day, you drive to work, and you accidentally deviate from your typical route, which exposes radio transmissions that comment on your every move. Freaked out, you entered a random building, and saw the backstage of a TV set. You start to become suspicious of everything, including the relationship you have with your wife and friends. When you lashed out at your wife, she mistakenly admits she and every person around you are paid actors and actresses. At this point, the director of the TV show approaches you and explains the situation you are in. From the moment of your birth, you have been the star of a famous and globally-recognized TV show based on your life without your knowledge. There is a group of writers who predetermine every important event in your life. All of the people you've interacted with are paid actors. Your so-called community turns out to merely be a TV set. The director gives you a choice: to stay in the TV show, or experience the outside world for the first time. If you decide to leave, as part of the deal with the director, you must forego all ability to sue or gain compensation from the company, and you are required to rename yourself, change your appearance, and live in a remote community as an average person. If you decide to stay, you must sign a contract that puts you in this job forever.**

    Athena: The Fundraiser Debate · Grand Final · 2024-11-08

  • As the social movement, This house would prioritize advocacy based on popular culture (e.g. art performances, music trends and songs encouraging feminism, films and books/novels about minorities, creative content, etc.) as opposed to political advocacy (e.g. lobbying the government, demonstrations, affiliated with political parties, etc.)

    Senior UBC Fall HST 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-11-08

  • This house regrets the rising popularity of election betting

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    Election betting is the practice of wagering on political election outcomes. It has recently gained traction in the U.S. and on social media platforms (e.g., Instagram, TikTok) in different forms of media (e.g., news, memes, videos, etc.), fueled by the rise of online gambling sites. As public interest in elections has grown, more participants have engaged with it as both entertainment and a form of political involvement.

    Senior UBC Fall HST 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-08

  • This House would pursue a career as a professional sports player

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    You are the child of a professional sports star who is considered the greatest of all time in their sport. You have shown aptitude and skill in the same sport, to the degree that you could sustain your own professional career.

    BDC-NSU Pro Ams 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-07

  • This House prefers apolitical children's entertainment (e.g., universal messages of kindness and empathy in Dora the Explorer and The Powerpuff Girls) as opposed to political children's entertainment (e.g., environmentalism in The Lorax, allegories for racism through the speciesism in Zootopia)

    BDC-NSU Pro Ams 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-07