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    Public forum debate

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    Public forum debate, also known as crossfire debate, PFD (sometimes pronounced
    puff, pofo, or pufo), and sometimes called by its former name, controversy, is a style
    of debate practiced in National Forensic League, Texas Forensics Association, and
    National Catholic Forensic League competitions.

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    • 1 Overview
    • 2 Mechanics
    • 3 Rankings
    • 4 Resolutions

    • 5 External links

    Overview

    Public forum debate can be compared to a nationally-televised debate, such as


    Crossfire in which the debaters argue a topic of national importance, typically one
    involving foreign or domestic policy as opposed to Lincoln-Douglas' more philosophy
    centric debate, in terms that a "common" person would understand. Similar to policy
    debate, the debate in public forum debate is conducted by teams of two people
    alternating speeches for their side, either affirming or negating their topic. In contrast to
    policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate, there is little focus on extreme speed or arcane
    debate jargon or argumentation theory; instead, successful public forum debaters must
    make persuasive and logical arguments in a manner that is accessible to a wide variety
    of audiences. Because of its strong relevance to the real-world and ability to develop life
    skills, public forum debate has exploded in popularity since its introduction into high
    school debate by the National Forensic League. Some might think of public forum
    debate as a less formal form of NEDA Debate.

    Mechanics

    Each team will ideally argue both sides equally (usually twice, however larger national
    tournaments include six rounds, plus additional "break" rounds) or, as suggested by the
    NFL website, will start with a coin flip. Whichever team won the flip used to be able to
    choose speaking order or which side to advocate, and the team that lost the flip was
    able to choose from the option that is left. (i.e., if the winners of the coin flip choose to
    advocate "Pro," then the losing team can decide speaking order). However, in some
    states the pro side always speaks first. In other cases, entire states adopt rules toward
    this in formal debate. In Minnesota for instance, all formal debates begin with the pro.
    Unlike in policy debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate, in public forum debate, the
    proposition or affirmative side does not necessarily speak first. The NFL website states
    that, while states may choose whether or not to include the coin toss, the NFL
    encourages it; and all NFL tournaments will be conducted with a coin toss in public
    forum, to allow for uncertainty and strategy.

    The debate begins with the first team's first four-minute constructive speech. In this
    speech, one of the members of the team gives arguments either for or against the
    resolution, depending on which side the team is speaking for. Strictly speaking, the
    custom in public forum debate dictates that when debaters speak (both for speeches
    and crossfire), they should face forward towards the judge, sometimes from behind a
    lectern. However in some tournaments, it is customary for debaters to remain seated
    and face each other during crossfire. Next, the other side is permitted to give its first
    four-minute constructive speech in which not only arguments may be presented, but
    rebuttals to arguments from the first speech as well. However, rebuttals are almost
    always not presented until a team's second constructive, and are frowned upon in some
    states/tournaments, and the first constructive generally consists exclusively of prepared
    material.

    Following this speech, the first speaker from the first team joins the first speaker from
    the second team at the podium if one is provided (in the absence of one debaters stand
    by their desks) and the first three-minute "crossfire" begins. The first speaker begins
    crossfire by asking a question to the second speaker. In crossfire, the two debaters
    directly ask each other questions and answer questions of their opponent. Crossfire
    may be used, like cross-examination, to ask revealing questions in an attempt to expose
    a weakness in the opponents' arguments, but it is often used as a way to further
    develop and attack arguments through discourse.

    After crossfire, first team's second speaker gives a four-minute rebuttal speech. After
    they have rebutted their opponents case, they move on to "rehab" their own (rebut the
    opponents rebuttals in an attempt to nullify them. Although, this only applies to the
    second speaker as the first team should not have had any points rebutted yet.) Then,
    the second speaker of the second team gives a four-minute constructive speech
    following this same format. Following this speech, another three-minute crossfire
    ensues.

    The first speaker of the first team then gives a two-minute summary speech of the
    debate, which includes further rebuttal of the opponents case and reiteration of the first
    team's case, and the first speaker of the second team does the same. After this speech,
    all four debaters participate in "Grand Crossfire". Grand Crossfire is similar to crossfire
    except that all four debaters can ask and answer questions of each other. The speaker
    that gave the first summary speech begins Grand Crossfire by asking the first question.
    After Grand Crossfire, each team's second speaker has a chance to give a two-minute
    (formerly one-minute) speech called the "Final Focus," the first team giving this speech
    first. This speech is also referred to as "The Last Shot" (depending on what state you
    are in), a holdover from the event's earlier days. In the Final Focus, the speaker is given
    one last chance to explain exactly why his or her team has won the round. No new
    arguments are allowed in the Final Focus, but new evidence to support previous
    arguments is allowed. This speech is often the determining factor for a judge's decision
    in a closely contested round, as it allows the judge to hear which arguments/evidence
    each team views as the most important to his or her case, and summarizes the entire
    debate.

    In NFL sponsored tournaments the winner of a debate round earns 6 NFL points, and
    the loser of the round earns 3 NFL points. These are the same points given for policy
    debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate.

    A Public Forum debate follows this timing schedule:

    Team A: First Speaker: Constructive Speech 4 minutes

    Team B: First Speaker: Constructive Speech 4 minutes

    Crossfire (between first speakers) 3 minutes

    Team A: Second Speaker: Rebuttal 4 minutes

    Team B: Second Speaker: Rebuttal 4 minutes

    Crossfire (between second speakers) 3 minutes

    Team A: First Speaker: Summary 2 minutes

    Team B: First Speaker: Summary 2 minutes

    Grand Crossfire (All speakers) 3 minutes

    Team A: Second Speaker: Final Focus/Last Shot 2 minutes

    Team B: Second Speaker: Final Focus/Last Shot 2 minutes

    Each team also has a total of two minutes of preparation time ("downtime" or "prep
    time"), which they can use before any of their speeches. This time is spent at the
    debaters' discretion (plotting arguments, finding weaknesses in the opponents' case,
    etc.). Each team is allowed to use its allotted prep time in whatever increments it
    chooses. The debaters ask the judge to use prep time as needed, and then tell the
    judge when they are ready to begin their next speech. The judge then stops the clock
    and records the time remaining of the original two minutes, which that team can use
    later.

    Rankings

    A standard and comprehensive system based on the elo rating system was
    implemented in 2010 by Fantasy Debate to nationally rank Public Forum debaters. An
    alternative ranking system, based on Tournament of Champions qualifying
    tournaments, was also launched in 2010

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