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  • B) This house opposes the naturalization of athletes for international sporting competitions Naturalization of athletes refers to the process whereby countries like Singapore, Qatar, and China grant expedited citizenship to foreign-born athletes primarily to compete in international sports competitions. Athletes are often not required to have any cultural, linguistic, or residential connection to the country.

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    Naturalization of athletes refers to the process whereby countries like Singapore, Qatar, and China grant expedited citizenship to foreign-born athletes primarily to compete in international sports competitions. Athletes are often not required to have any cultural, linguistic, or residential connection to the country.

    Malaysian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-24

  • This House regrets the rise of celebrity ownership of football teams

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    Over the past 15 years, celebrities (e.g., ex-players, actors and musicians) have bought significant stakes in football teams. Some celebrities own outright stakes, while others are minority owners as part of private equity- led consortiums. Examples include Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney purchasing Wrexham, David Beckham establishing Inter Miami, Tom Brady owning a stake in Birmingham City, and Kylian Mbappe owning FC Caen.

    Norwich Online 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-21

  • This house prefers a single-league playoff system over the East-West conference model in the NBA

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    In the current NBA format, the NBA is structured into two conferences — the Eastern Conference (e.g. Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, etc.) and the Western Conference (e.g. Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, etc.) — with 15 teams in each, primarily organized based on geographic location. In the regular season, teams play 82 games where they face teams from the other conference two times and teams from the same conference three or four times. At the end of the season, teams are seeded based on wins in relation to teams within their respective conference. The top teams then proceed to the play-offs. In the current playoff system, teams are seeded within their respective conferences based on regular season performance with the top 6 in each conference qualifying for the playoffs and the 7th-10th teams in each conference entering the Play-In Tournament where teams compete in a single elimination format to determine the lowest playoff seeds at each side of the bracket. In the current format, teams from the East and West can only face each other in the NBA Finals of the play-offs. In a single-league playoff system, the teams are seeded regardless of conference affiliation. Under this model, teams are seeded 1 through 16 based on the total number of wins (e.g., 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, etc.) with the top 12 teams across the league qualifying for the playoffs, and the 13th-20th teams competing in the Play-In tournament. This format abandons the East West conference structure in the play-offs.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-17

  • This house prefers a world where only one dominant boxing promotion company exists

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    Several boxing associations—such as the WBA, WBC, and WBO—rank fighters and award titles. In boxing, fighters sign with a promoter who helps organize fights for them. Promoters are prohibited from creating their own rankings or titles. The industry includes many promotional companies, such as Golden Boy, Mayweather Promotions, Top Rank, and etc. Organizing fights between fighters usually involves negotiations among different promoters.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-17

  • This house prefers a world where freestyle chess events are exclusively held by FIDE as opposed to the private "Grand Slam Tour"

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    Freestyle Chess randomizes starting piece positions to reduce memorized openings and boost creativity. In 2025, Magnus Carlsen (considered greatest chess player of present times) launched a private Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. The tour struggles to attract participants, as it is not an officially recognised championship title. FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) is the internationally recognised governing body for chess, organizing tournaments and setting rules. Presently, FIDE struggles with inconsistent sponsorships and audiences losing interest in their events.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15

  • This house prefers a world where freestyle chess events are exclusively held by FIDE as opposed to the private "Grand Slam Tour"

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    Freestyle Chess randomizes starting piece positions to reduce memorized openings and boost creativity. In 2025, Magnus Carlsen (considered greatest chess player of present times) launched a private Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. The tour struggles to attract participants, as it is not an officially recognised championship title. FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) is the internationally recognised governing body for chess, organizing tournaments and setting rules. Presently, FIDE struggles with inconsistent sponsorships and audiences losing interest in their events.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15

  • This house believes that national eSports teams should use the "Champion Model" over the "Tryout Model"

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    When selecting a national eSports team to compete in international sporting events, there are two ways for a country to do this. The "Champion Model" takes the winning team of the national tournament in that game (e.g. Arena of Valor, PUBG, Valorant, etc.) to represent the country. The "Tryout Model" will host a selection among individual players to select the best ones to form the national team, creating a blend of players coming from different eSports teams from different owning companies.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15

  • This house opposes the 2023 IOC decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics

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    In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) initially banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competition in 2022. In December 2023, the IOC announced that athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag (e.g., not the flag of Russia). Eligibility is limited to those without ties to the military and who have not publicly supported the war.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15

  • This house believes that national eSports teams should use the "Champion Model" over the "Tryout Model"

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    When selecting a national eSports team to compete in international sporting events, there are two ways for a country to do this. The "Champion Model" takes the winning team of the national tournament in that game (e.g. Arena of Valor, PUBG, Valorant, etc.) to represent the country. The "Tryout Model" will host a selection among individual players to select the best ones to form the national team, creating a blend of players coming from different eSports teams from different owning companies.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15

  • This house opposes the 2023 IOC decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics

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    In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) initially banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competition in 2022. In December 2023, the IOC announced that athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag (e.g., not the flag of Russia). Eligibility is limited to those without ties to the military and who have not publicly supported the war.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Junior Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15

  • That, as a mid-table English football club in the Premier League, would heavily prioritise increasing our global fanbase over our local one (e.g. targeted advertising in foreign countries, organising for more frequent tours to play in those countries, greatly increased social media presence at the cost of local development)

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    Over 1.8 billion people follow the English Premier league. Thirty-four per cent of Premier League followers have become interested in the past four years, with major sources of following including Asia and the United States.

    ANU Pre-Australs 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-14

  • This House Supports modern football

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    For the purposes of this debate, ‘modern football’ refers to the recent changes to the professionel game which have prioritised maximising profit. These changes have included leagues holding significantly more games per season, choosing to promote teams globally rather than locally and seeking more sponsorships for teams and players.

    Thistle Cup Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-06-13

  • This house, as a space miner in 2291, would accept the offer to join the Unreal Tournament

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    You are a young person living in a space colony in 2291. You work as a miner on a grey rocky planet filled with rare minerals. It is hard work, but enough to earn a living in your small community of 10,000 people living inside a terraformed dome. The Unreal Tournament is an intergalactic sports league where humans, robots, and various alien races kill each other for sport. You fight with futuristic weapons, are allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs, and install transhumanist body modifications. Every time you die, your body is respawned in a safe location. There are various game modes such as: capture-the-flag, deathmatch, and team deathmatch. You are approached by a sponsor in the colony, who promises you a large amount of money if you sign a 5-year-long contract to fight in the Unreal Tournament. She claims an advanced AI prediction algorithm predicted you have a high potential to do well.

    Zagreb Pre-EUDC 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-06-13

  • This house believes that the Formula 1 should implement Formula 2 regulations

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    <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:" data-sheets-root="1">F2 regulations constitutes that every car participating needs to have the same same chassis, engine, front wing etc. Customization of cars is minimal. <br>F1 regulations is more liberal, allowing teams to have different engines, giving only restrictions on dimensions, weights, etc.<br></span><style type="text/css">td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}</style>

    Rotterdam Pre-EUDC · Novice Final · 2025-06-07

  • This house would come out of the closet publicly

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    It is 2022\. You are a gay Danish footballer playing in the English Premier League. You are closeted and only your parents know about your sexuality. There is only one other publicly gay footballer in a different club in the league.

    Rotterdam Pre-EUDC · Grand Final · 2025-06-07

  • This house, as the football player, would move to the European club

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    You are an 18-year old British youth academy football (soccer) player at one of the top 6 clubs in the English Premier League (e.g. Arsenal, Manchester City etc.), currently ranked the best league in the world. You have strong potential but uncertain first-team prospects. A competitive but not dominant European club has recently offered you a guaranteed spot in their first team.

    Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-06

  • This house, as the football player, would move to the European club

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    You are an 18-year old British youth academy football (soccer) player at one of the top 6 clubs in the English Premier League (e.g. Arsenal, Manchester City etc.), currently ranked the best league in the world. You have strong potential but uncertain first-team prospects. A competitive but not dominant European club has recently offered you a guaranteed spot in their first team.

    Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-06

  • This house opposes the naturalization of athletes for international sporting competitions

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    Naturalization of athletes refers to the process whereby countries like Singapore, Qatar, and China grant expedited citizenship to foreign-born athletes primarily to compete in international sports competitions. Athletes are often not required to have any cultural, linguistic, or residential connection to the country.

    South Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-06