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  • This House Would abolish parachute payments

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    "Parachute payments" refer to financial support given to football clubs relegated from the English Premier League. These payments are typically given in several large instalments over the three years, following a club's relegation.

    Liverpool IV 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-05-10

  • This House would completely eliminate all contractual protection regulations in professional sports.

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    Contractual protection regulations in professional sports are meant to stop teams from trying to recruit players who are still under contract with other teams without getting permission first. This can include talking to a player from another team to convince them to switch, publicly saying they want to sign that player, or contacting the player’s agent about a possible move, all done without informing the player’s current team.

    29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-05-07

  • This House would completely eliminate all contractual protection regulations in professional sports.

    Infoslide

    Contractual protection regulations in professional sports are meant to stop teams from trying to recruit players who are still under contract with other teams without getting permission first. This can include talking to a player from another team to convince them to switch, publicly saying they want to sign that player, or contacting the player’s agent about a possible move, all done without informing the player’s current team.

    29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-05-07

  • This House Regrets the UEFA requirement

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    In 2022, UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) announced a new licensing requirement. This requirement demands that all clubs who wish to be eligible to play in European football leagues (e.g. Champions League, Europa League or Conference League) must also operate an elite women's team. This forced many clubs to either establish completely new women's teams or to buy up and rename existing women's teams.

    Baltic IV 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-03

  • C. This house supports retrospective action in sports

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    Retrospective action refers to a disciplinary decision made after a game or event has concluded, but before the end of the sporting season, usually based on video evidence or reports that were not addressed live during the game. It typically involves punishing a player or team for behavior that was missed or not properly penalised by officials during the game. These actions have consequences for the rest of the season.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-05-02

  • This house, as FIDE, would abolish gender-specific chess titles

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    FIDE is the world governing body for chess, overseeing rules, rankings, and titles like Grandmaster. While open titles have no gender restrictions, FIDE also awards exclusive titles to women, such as Woman Grandmaster (WGM), which require a lower ELO rating than their open counterparts.

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 1 · 2025-04-26

  • This house believes that the rise of sports streaming has done more harm than good

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    Historically, sports have been broadcasted on cable, both live and recorded, with fans watching them on television. In the recent years, sports leagues have been selling more broadcasting rights to streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Netflix.

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 1 · 2025-04-26

  • This house believes that the greatest sports stories are those that end in defeat, not victory

    Joynt Scroll 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-18

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of Formula 1 to significantly ease technical constraints.

    Infoslide

    Formula 1 requires cars to be developed within tight parameters.

    Joynt Scroll 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-18

  • This house would accept the fight

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    You are a recently retired former boxing champion. A young up-and-coming boxer has publicly gloated he would easily defeat you in the ring. A boxing promoter approaches you and offers you millions to take the fight.

    Joynt Scroll 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-18

  • This house supports the use of the Moneyball strategy over traditional evaluations in team sports.

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    “Moneyball” refers to the use of advanced statistical analysis in sports to evaluate player performance, guide recruitment, and optimize in-game strategies. This approach relies on data-driven metrics such as expected goals (football), and player efficiency rating (basketball), on-base percentage (baseball), Traditional evaluations, on the other hand, is based on qualitative assessments by coaches and scouts who evaluate players through live observation, physical attributes, in-game instincts, perceived potential, etc.

    Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-12