McGill North American Universities Debating Championships 2021 prep

Fri 4 Feb 2022

From 2 tabs, newest McGill NAUDC 2021.

12points were safe
in 2021

Across the last 2 editions with a figure, the middle was 13 (12, 13, newest first). The last team in averaged 79.1 speaks in 2021.

Out of 21 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.

17of 80 teams made the open break
in 2021

Field strength: Above Average in 2021, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Chief adjudicators in 2021, the newest tab that lists them.

2 editions with motions on record, newest first.

McGill NAUDC 202110 motions

Round 1THBT the ubiquity of dating apps has done more harm than good.Practise this motion
Round 2THBT the South Korean government should break up chaebols.Practise this motion
Round 3THP a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.Practise this motion
Round 4TH, as the Catholic Church, would actively fund liberation theology in Latin AmericaPractise this motion
Round 5THBT using loan conditions and defaults to achieve political goals is bad for the long term interest of China.Practise this motion
Round 6 (Closed)This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.Practise this motion
QuarterfinalsTHBT the Canadian government should stop prosecuting Indigenous peoples and allow the use of Indigenous law instead in all cases.Practise this motion
SemifinalsThis House would prefer a world where the response to the 2008 Financial Crisis focused on assigning responsibility and punishing individual instances of wrongdoing, instead of passing policies to reduce overall risk in the system moving forward (eg regulatory capital requirements, bans on proprietary trading, statutory underwriting standards for residential mortgages)Practise this motion
Grand FinalsTHP a world where all writing is pseudonymousPractise this motion
Novice FinalsTHP that billionaire-run charitable foundations engage in 'hits-based' giving rather than traditional charity workPractise this motion

NAUDC 201911 motions

Round 1THW punitively tax personal homeownership.Practise this motion
Round 2TH, given limited resources, W prioritize funding for early childhood care to the exclusion of funding of post-secondary education.Practise this motion
Round 3THR the narrative that ideal political debate should be objective to the exclusion of emotions and subjective experiences.Practise this motion
Round 4THBT ASEAN should adopt a common currencyPractise this motion
Round 5THBT federal governments should suspend all funding to sub-national governments (states in the USA and Mexico, provinces in Canada) that violate religious liberties.Practise this motion
Round 6THBT parents should teach their children that they are inherently special (e.g., in what they deserve, and/or what they are capable of achieving).Practise this motion
Open QuarterfinalTH, as Russia, would announce that any further Israeli strikes in Syria will be met by a Russian attack on Israel.Practise this motion
Novice SemifinalTHS the use of truth and reconciliation commissions over courts in post-conflict nations.Practise this motion
Open SemifinalTHW allocate resources towards adapting to climate change, rather than mitigating/preventing climate change.Practise this motion
Novice Grand FinalTH prefers a polytheistic society to a monotheistic one.Practise this motion
Open Grand FinalTHBT it is morally legitimate to avoid taxes in undemocratic regimes.Practise this motion

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Year	Safe on (points)	Last team in (speaks)	Open break
2021	12	79.1	17 of 80
2019	13	not recorded	17 of 112

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

Speaker averages, what finishing high has taken, and the top speeches at this edition.

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
🇺🇸 Devesh K.	CGGW	This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.	86
🇺🇸 Brian L.	CGMG	This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.	85
🇺🇸 Michael N.	OGPM	THP a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.	84
🇺🇸 Devesh K.	OODLO	THBT the South Korean government should break up chaebols.	84
🇬🇧 Matt C.	OOLO	THBT using loan conditions and defaults to achieve political goals is bad for the long term interest of China.	84
🇺🇸 Ye H.	OGDPM	THP a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.	83
🇬🇧 Max R.	CGMG	This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.	83
🇨🇦 Naomi P.	OODLO	THBT using loan conditions and defaults to achieve political goals is bad for the long term interest of China.	83
🇺🇸 Greg W.	CGGW	THP a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.	83
🇺🇸 Benny N.	OODLO	This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.	83
🇺🇸 Brian L.	OOLO	THBT the South Korean government should break up chaebols.	83
🇺🇸 Greg W.	OGDPM	THBT using loan conditions and defaults to achieve political goals is bad for the long term interest of China.	83