Charger Challenge
2025 — Draper, UT/US
Policy (Saturday)
Abbreviation
CX
Format
Debate
Entry Fee
$10.00
Overall Entry Limit
25
Entry Limit Per School
4
Entry
2 competitors per entry
Event Description:
About Policy Debate
Policy Debate is a two-on-two debate where an affirmative team proposes a plan and the negative team argues why that plan should not be adopted. The topic for Policy Debate changes annually, so debaters throughout the course of the year will debate the same topic. One member of each team will perform the ‘first’ speeches, the other the ‘second’ speeches. So the person who reads the 1AC wil also perform the 1AR, for example. Note that the debate begins with the affirmative speaking first, and then switches midway through the debate where the negative speaks first, thus giving the affirmative the ability to speak last.
Time Limits Speech Abbreviation Time Limit
1st Affirmative Constructive | 1AC | 8 minutes |
Negative Cross-Examination of Affirmative | 3 minutes | |
1st Negative Constructive | 1NC | 8 minutes |
Affirmative Cross-Examination of Negative | 3 minutes | |
2nd Affirmative Constructive | 2AC | 8 minutes |
Negative Cross-Examination of Affirmative | 3 minutes | |
2nd Negative Constructive | 2NC | 8 minutes |
Affirmative Cross-Examination of Negative | 3 minutes | |
1st Negative Rebuttal | 1NR | 5 minutes |
1st Affirmative Rebuttal | 1AR | 5 minutes |
2nd Negative Rebuttal | 2NR | 5 minutes |
2nd Affirmative Rebuttal | 2AR | 5 minutes |
Prep Time (each team) | 8 minutes |