Sports debate motions (page 2)

THBT national sporting associations should give a lifetime ban to any player convicted of a serious violent crime

Estonian Open · 2

THW prohibit the transfer of football players outside their home leagues until the age of 26.

Athens Open 2015 · 4

THR the prominence of professional sports in American pop culture.

McGill Novice · Open_Finals

THBT sports leagues with systems of promotion and relegation are good for fans.

HWS Fall Classic · 2

THBT prominent female athletes should reject offers to play in professional male leagues.

Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University) · 2

THW compel colleges to pay athletes as professionals (with info slide)

Imperial Open 2016 · 1

This House believes that Western Liberal Democracies should boycott the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Oxford IV · 4

TH, as an athlete with sight on a medal at the Olympic Games in Sotchi, would publicly promote LGBT rights during the Games

Zeit Debatte Dresden · Open_Final

THB European Football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from successful to less successful domestic clubs

LSE Open · 5

THBT football associations should require clubs to be majority owned by their fans

Glasgow Ancients · 2

Should professional sports clubs be prohibited to seek national and international transfers of minors that are still in youth programs?

Reedhoven Cup · 3

THW ban the production, sale, and use of Poké Balls

Royal Holloway Open · 2

THW institute a lottery system whereby Olympic ticket purchasers may be drafted in as athletes

Royal Holloway Open · 4

THW prioritise the funding of grassroots over elite sports

Cardiff Open · 1

THW create a separate athletics league for athletes that choose to take performance enhancing substances.

Estonian Open · 1

THW require popular sports that generate high profits to share a portion of their gains with marginal/fringe sports

South German Regional Championships · Open_Semis

TH supports Athletic Bilbao's cantera policy.

IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup · Open_Semis

Should E-sports be recognised, promoted and valued as equals to other sports?

Frishlingscup · 2

THW ban commercials

French Language World Championships Debating · 2

THW make participating in sports activities mandatory

French Language World Championships Debating · 10

THW put a cap on the salaries of top athletes

French Language World Championships Debating · 12

The Dutch people should select the coach of the national football team

Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament) · Open_Semi_1

THW give equal coverage to mens' and womens' sport

Durham Open · 2.3

This house believes that Brazilian footballers should have boycotted the entire 2014 World Cup.

BBU Open · 2

Should wearing national symbols like flags, colours, make up, costumes and sports shirts be banned during international sport events?

Methusalem Cup · 3

Should combat sports/martial arts be forbidden?

HeidelBÄM · 3

THBT developing countries should never hold major international sporting events

Imperial IV · 1

THW transfer all state funding for elite sportspersons to youth academies

Hart House IV · 1

TH would make bidding to host major sporting events conditional on winning a local public referendum.

Turku Open · 5

THW out closeted LGBT sports stars

Bogwall (SSDC Novices) · 2

THBT the EU should send a single unified team to the next world cup.

Tilbury House · 1

This House Believes That only liberal democracies should host international sporting events

WSDC 2014 · Round 2 (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

Should doping be allowed in professional sport (Leistungssport)?

Zeit Debatte Hamburg · 2

TH, as Tottenham Hotspur, would ban fans found chanting 'Yid Army'

York IV · 2

THW criminalise doping in sport

John Smith Memorial Mace · 1

TH regrets that Lance Armstrong got caught

Inner Temple IV · Open_Final

THW require prospective owners or large shareholders of sport clubs / teams to gain majority support from season ticket holders or other representatives of the fan base to complete their acquisition

LSE Open · 2

TH, as the board of Zenit St. Petersburg, would preference players with Slavic ethnicity, in order to respect the wishes of the fans

Leeds Open · 3

THW not grant developing countries the right to host major sporting events.

NAUDC (also Hart House IV) · 5

THBT the International Olympic Committee should ban all athletes who express hostile views towards racial, ethnic or sexual minorities from participating

Estonian BP Championships · 3

TH, as a professional female athlete, would not pose in a sexualised manner for magazines and commercials

Oxford Women's Open · 3

THW replace the national sport teams of Ex-Yugoslavian republics with new unified teams

Belgrade Open · Open_Final

Should bullfighting be forbidden?

Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft · 1

Should teams be excluded from sports matches when one of their team members has taken doping?

Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft · 2

TH regrets that Brazil is the host of the football World Cup 2014

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish) · Open_Quarters

THW abolish national sports teams

Patras Open · 5

THW not punish professional sports athletes for off-field behaviour.

Commonwealth Open (Australs style) · 3.1

Should sex become olympic?

Gutenberg Cup · 3

This House would force the media to display, promote and report women's sport equally to men's sport.

McMaster Pro-Am · 3

THBT professional football clubs should be forced to field the majority of players from their local community

Turku Open · 3

THW not allow players born outside of the state to play for the national teams of that state

Middle Man tournament · 1

THW ban the gender testing of athletes in sports.

Oxford IV · 3

Should participants in the Olympics be allowed to publicly express their political opinions?

Tübingen Herbst Debatten · 2

THBT the NFL should issue automatic lifetime bans to players convicted of domestic violence or sexual assault.

Brandeis IV · 6

THW eject national sports teams from international competitions if their fans or players are found to have committed racist or fascist acts during matches

Warsaw Open · 1

Should Germany boycott the Sochi Olympics?

Streitkultur Cup · Open_Final

THW establish quotas for immigrants on national sports teams

Birmingham IV · 2

That college athletes in the Us should be paid as professionals

New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2013 · 4

Should people with prostheses be allowed to participate in regular sports competitions, even when the prostheses could be considered advantageous?

Zeit Debatte Hamburg · 5

THBT the best is yet to come

French Debate Association Tournament Preliminary Rounds · 17

THW force broadcasters to display, promote and report women's sport equally to men's sport.

York IV · 1

THW punish sports teams for the criminal and violent behaviour of their fans.

Aghveryan IV · 1

THW create a separate league for athletes who choose to take performance enhancing substances.

Cardiff IV · 1

THW Never hold major sporting events in countries with ongoing human rights violations

Irish Mace Third Round · 5

THBT the states of former Yugoslavia should create a unified football league

Manchester IV · 5

THW make sportןמע teams whose fans performed violence or severe disorderly behaviour, play their matches in front of a crowd of women and children only.

Paris IV · 2

THBT the Olympic Idea has outlived itself

Norddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft · Open_Semis

THW ban broadcasting of boxing matches from TV

Zeit Debatte Munster · 1

THW not participate in international sporting events held in countries that abuse human rights

SSE Riga Debate Academy · 2

THW make football clubs pay for the costs of police surveillance during league matches

Bruder Grimm Cup · 1

THW continue the European Football Championships with 16 participating teams

German Language Championships · 3

THB the state should send all underage overweight children to a summer far camp

Mediterranean Universities Debating Championships (Koc University) · 1

This house would ban sports, where the main purpose is to inflict pain (e.g. boxing, martial arts)

SSE Riga IV · 1

THBT sport's governing bodies, such as IOC and FIFA, should allow performance enhancing pharmaceuticals

Roosevelt Academy Open (RA Open) · 5

THBT players who are found to have racially abused their fellow competitors should be banned for life

UCL President's Cup · 2

THW, ban national football teams who fans use racist or homophobic chants, from international competition

Namda Novices · 1

THBT the UCI should establish a truth and reconciliation commission to deal with doping in cycling

UCD Vice-President's Cup · Open_Final

THW Remove All UEFA's Limits on Football Club Spending (which includes transfer and salaries).

UCU Open · 1

THW allow all doping in professional sports

ESCP Debating Open · 2

Should corporate sponsorship of dangerous (life-threatening) sports and stunts?

Zeit Debatte Tübingen · Open_Final

THB it can no longer support the 'Barclays Premier League'

Irish Times Debates · 7

This house believes that national sporting teams should reflect the diversity of the national population

Botswana WUDC 2011 · 1

THW prosecute violent fouls in sports as criminal assault

Red Sea Open · 4

THB Manchester City and Teams of their Ilk are Ruining Football

Irish Times Debates First Round · 4

THB the IOC Should Ban Drug Cheats for Life

Irish Times Debates First Round · 14

THW introduce a salary cap for European footballers

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 2

THBT gay professional sportspeople have a duty to come out

Paris Centrale IV · 3

This House Would penalise sporting teams for the poor behaviour of their fans

WSDC 2011 · Round 8 (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This House Believes That we should legalise performance-enhancing drugs in sport

WSDC 2010 · Round 8 (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This house would implement quotas for domestic players in national football leagues.

Cork WUDC 2009 · ESL_Final

TH regrets the hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

WSDC 2008 · Quarterfinals (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This house would designate one city to permanently host the Olympics

UBC WUDC 2007 · Masters_1

THW put a tax on the number of foreign players in a sports teams (not exact wording)

SSE Riga IV · 4

This House Would do away with the Olympic Games

WSDC 2004 · Round Zero (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This House Believes That professionalism has ruined the Olympic Games

WSDC 2002 · Round 1 (prepared) · World Schools Debating Championships

This House Believes That international sport is warfare without weapons

WSDC 2001 · Round 8 (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

THW allow the use of performance enhancing drugs in competitive sports

SSE Riga Practice Tournament · 1