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Hello Coaches,

The NYCUDL invites you, your students, judges, and chaperones to attend the NYCUDL Open League Tournament 1. The tournament will be held at Midwood High School at 2839 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210.

This tournament is only open to NYCUDL league members. Information on league membership can be found here.

We offer the following Division Levels:

Middle School:

• Public Forum Novice

• Public Forum JV

• Public Forum Varsity

• Spanish Public Forum

• Parliamentary Novice

• Parliamentary JV

• Parliamentary Varsity

High School:

• League Novice

• League JV

• League Varsity

• National Novice

• National JV

• National Varsity

Topics:
MS PF & HS League: Resolved: NYC should eliminate caps on street vendor licenses.

HS National: Resolved: European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

MS Parliamentary: This House would eliminate caps on street vendor licenses in NYC.

Entry Caps:
Teams are allowed to bring up to 10 teams total across all events and divisions.

To enter this tournament, your school must be a member of the NYCUDL. All requirements and fees can be found on our website. We require that an adult coach or sponsor complete the paperwork and function as the primary contact for the team and the league.

Permission Slips:
Once your school has registered, have your students complete the permission slip form. That link can be foundhere.

Upon school entry, all teams will be placed on a waitlist. To be removed from the waitlist, the following criteria must be met.

• Your school must be a league member with completed paperwork.

• Students must have completed permission slips.

• You must have an adult who will be present for the day of the tournament.

• Your students must be linked on tabroom.com.

Agenda Middle School PF & Parli:

• 8 AM - 9 AM: School check-in and breakfast

Note: Coaches must check-in their school by 9 AM.

• 9.00AM - 9.30 AM: Welcome, Round 1 pairings

• 9.40 AM - 10.30 AM: Debate Round 1

• 10.45 AM - 11.00 AM: Round 2 pairings

• 11.05 AM - 12.00 PM: Debate Round 2

• 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM: Lunch

• 1.00 PM - 1.10 PM: Debate Round 3 pairings

• 1.15 PM - 2.15 PM: Debate Round 3

• 2.30 PM - 3.00 PM: Awards

Agenda High School PF:

• 8 AM - 9 AM: School check-in and breakfast
Note: Coaches must check-in their school by 9 AM.

• 9.00 AM - 9.30 AM: Welcome, Round 1 pairings

• 9.30 AM - 10.30 AM: Debate Round 1

• 10.45 AM - 11.00 AM: Round 2 pairings

• 11.05 AM - 12.00 PM: Debate Round 2

• 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM: Lunch

• 1.00 PM - 1.10 PM: Debate Round 3 pairings

• 1.15 PM - 2.15 PM: Debate Round 3

• 2.30 PM - 2.45 PM: Debate Round 4 pairings

• 2.45 PM - 3.45 PM: Debate Round 4

• 4.15 PM - 5.00 PM: Awards

If you have any questions, please reach out to your outreach contact or send an email to nycudlprogramming@debate.nyc.