Author: Josh Schneider

Riverview Congress Points

Note to Coaches: Student Congress at the January 28 Riverview tournament was NOT autopointed to NSDA. Coaches will need to manually record these NSDA merit points from the paper ballots. (The usual procedure is to average the two scorers’ points for each speech and round up. A missing speech score is treated as a 6; a missing PO score is treated as a 12.)

2023 Grand Finals Invitation

The invitation for the 2023 FGCCFL Grand Finals, to be held at St. Petersburg High School on February 25, has been posted on Tabroom and below.

Please read the invitation carefully. This is our League’s qualifying tournament for NCFL Grand Nationals in May. It differs significantly from our regular tournament invitation.

Tournament Invitation (2023 Grand Finals) [Updated x2]Download

NOTE: The invitation was updated on February 8 to correct the address of St. Petersburg High School. The address is 2501 Fifth Avenue North. It was updated again on February 13 consistent with the Executive Committee’s decision to use paper ballots exclusively at Grand Finals.

Riverview Congress Materials

The Student Congress docket, chamber assignments, and seating charts for the January 28 tournament at Riverview High School have been posted on Tabroom and below.

Congress Docket (2023.01.28)Download
Chamber Assignments (2023.01.28)Download
Seating Charts (2023.01.28)Download

Please prepare to debate all eight items on the docket, regardless of your assigned chamber!

Grand Finals Extemp Topic Areas

The following topic areas (in no particular order) will be used in the preliminary rounds of Extemporaneous Speaking at FGCCFL Grand Finals:

  • US Politics, Domestic & Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Affairs (including US Foreign Policy)
  • US and Global Economy
  • Media, Culture, Science & Technology

The final round, if required, will draw from all of the topic areas above.