Status:: #🌱 Tags:: Links:: <% tp.file.cursor(4) %> ___ # Structure of Policy Debate [[PCAN]] In policy you know the policy you are debating for the entire year. **Unlike in worlds both Policy teams get 10 minutes to prep during the debate time.** The first four speeches are called the constructives and the last four are called the rebuttals. This is because the first four speeches have cross examinations but the last four don't. Why is it structured like this? The affirmative has an advantage because they speak both first and last. But the negative gets two speeches in a row in the middle of the block. Policy debates take 92 minutes to complete.