💭 Motion Statistics
Round 1

THW impose a cap on university endowments, in favor of directing the money towards grants given to individual professors/researchers (endowment)

7%
1 Gov win 2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
12%
40%
7 Gov vetoes 23 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 1% level

THW not allow colleges to award sports scholarships to students (sport scholarship)

14%
45%
4 Gov wins 13 Opp wins
imbalanced at 5% level
12%
7 Gov vetoes 2 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THW make entrance to university based on a lottery after passing a basic high school exam (lottery)

10%
21%
3 Gov wins 6 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
26%
7%
15 Gov vetoes 4 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 2% level
Round 2

TH, as the BLM, would advocate for prison reform over prison abolition (prison)

7%
2 Gov wins 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
17%
40%
10 Gov vetoes 23 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 5% level

THW actively use precogs in the criminal justice system (precogs)

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21%
31%
6 Gov wins 9 Opp wins
imbalanced at 50% level
19%
11 Gov vetoes 0 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 0.1% level

In areas with high crime rates, THW relax enforcement of privacy rights (allowing phone tapping, government surveillance, etc.) (privacy)

28%
14%
8 Gov wins 4 Opp wins
imbalanced at 50% level
14%
9%
8 Gov vetoes 5 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
Round 3

THR the recent dominance of transgenerational trauma in films and media depicting immigrant families and families of colour (i.e., Encanto, Turning Red, Everything Everywhere All At Once) (Pop Culture)

10%
24%
3 Gov wins 7 Opp wins
imbalanced at 50% level
21%
7%
12 Gov vetoes 4 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 5% level

TH, as Oscar Wilde, Regrets publishing The Picture of Dorian Gray (Pop Culture)

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17%
14%
5 Gov wins 4 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
22%
21%
13 Gov vetoes 12 Opp vetoes
probably balanced

TH, as a resident of the Seam, W volunteer for the Games (Pop Culture)

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21%
14%
6 Gov wins 4 Opp wins
probably balanced
7%
22%
4 Gov vetoes 13 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 5% level
Round 4

THBT developed countries should pay developing countries to preserve their forests (Environment)

21%
14%
6 Gov wins 4 Opp wins
probably balanced
9%
14%
5 Gov vetoes 8 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level

THW impose a sin tax on the consumption of meat (Environment)

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34%
14%
10 Gov wins 4 Opp wins
imbalanced at 50% level
19%
11 Gov vetoes 2 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 2% level

THBT developed countries that were historically pollutive have a moral obligation to give up part of their land to nations that will sink due to climate change (e.g. the Seychelles and the Maldives). (Environment)

10%
7%
3 Gov wins 2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
22%
33%
13 Gov vetoes 19 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level
Round 5

THR the trend of social media becoming a primary news source (Social media)

34%
21%
10 Gov wins 6 Opp wins
imbalanced at 50% level
7%
12%
4 Gov vetoes 7 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level

THBT employers should be influenced by information on social networking sites when hiring and firing (Social media)

7%
21%
2 Gov wins 6 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
21%
17%
12 Gov vetoes 10 Opp vetoes
probably balanced

THBT the media should be required to cap political advertising by candidates and parties during elections (Social media)

7%
10%
2 Gov wins 3 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
22%
21%
13 Gov vetoes 12 Opp vetoes
probably balanced
Partial Octo Finals

THS imposing a salary cap for e-sports teams (e-Sports)

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13%
13%
1 Gov win 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
13%
25%
2 Gov vetoes 4 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THR the shift towards the shift to the Code of Points in artistic sports (eg. figure skating, rhythmic & artistic gymnastics) (code of points)

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13%
25%
1 Gov win 2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
13%
19%
2 Gov vetoes 3 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THR the prevailing narrative of perseverance in sports (e.g. working hard, trusting the process, team loyalty) (perseverance)

38%
3 Gov wins 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
25%
6%
4 Gov vetoes 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
Octofinals

THP a benevolent dictatorship over a weak democracy (Politics)

13%
25%
1 Gov win 2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
13%
25%
2 Gov vetoes 4 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THW break up persistently dominant political parties in emerging/developing democracies (Politics)

38%
0 Gov wins 3 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
6%
19%
1 Gov veto 3 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THBT vote spoiling is a legitimate political decision (Politics)

13%
13%
1 Gov win 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
31%
6%
5 Gov vetoes 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
Quarterfinals

THBT megacities should be run by multinational corporations (Economics)

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50%
25%
2 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
13%
13%
1 Gov veto 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive

THR the Fed's excessive use of interest rate to curb inflation (Economics)

25%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
38%
3 Gov vetoes 0 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
Semifinals

TH, as South Korea, R the normalisation of relations with Japan (International Relations)

50%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
25%
25%
1 Gov veto 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive

THBT Ukraine should seek the help of private military contractors in their war with Russia (International Relations)

50%
1 Gov win 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
25%
0 Gov vetoes 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive
Grand Final

TH prefers to live in a world where individuals don’t have the capacity to feel extreme emotions (Philosophy)

100%
1 Gov win 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion