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The Yaatly Online Debate League (YODL) is the largest British Parliamentary debating organization in the United States, and one of the sole organized British Parliamentary debating organizations in the world. The league consists of colleges and universities in the United States, and consists of 4 online tournaments followed by an in-person championship annually. The championship event determines the National Champions for the year.

Most recently, the championship tournament was hosted by the Metropolitan State University of Denver in April 2023. The current National Champions are Zach Heintz & William Darbyshire from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Novice (first year) division was won by Raj Raghulan & Fallon Eggett from the United States Air Force Academy.

Format
YODL debates are held in a style of debate based on World Universities Debating Championship debating format. The championship tournament takes place annually in April, with the host changing yearly. There are two online tournaments per academic semester that determine season-long team and institutional standings.

Each team consists of two students from the same college or university. In a given debate they will compete against three other teams simultaneously. Five motions, or propositions, are given to the teams fifteen minutes before the debate. The four teams "strike" a topic in reverse order until one topic remains. Two teams are assigned to defend the motion while the other two teams are to oppose it. The teams are judged by a panel of judges, who rank them from first place to fourth place based on respective contributions and assign scores to each person based on the quality of their speech. In a debate, teams typically go against teams with a similar record as themselves, based on a scoring system where first place in a previous round is worth three points, second worth two, third worth one, and fourth worth none. If a team had six points after three rounds, then they would expect to compete against other teams with six points.

After four preliminary rounds (six in the championship) there is a "break," announced after lunch on the second day, where the top sixteen teams progress to the "outrounds." On day three, rounds are elimination rounds, where the bottom two teams in a round do not progress. Rounds progress through quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals, where the National Champion is named. Seeding for quarterfinals is based on the cumulative points the team had at the end of preliminary rounds.

Novices, teams consisting of students in their first year of collegiate debate, have a separate break to novice semifinals should they not make the open quarterfinals. A subsequent novice final then crowns the Novice Champion.

2023-24
Top Fall Team: Bridge Bach & Jackie Liu, United States Air Force Academy

Top Fall Institution: United States Air Force Academy

2022-23
Top Fall Team:Bella Wilhite & Hans Gebauer, Regis University

Top Fall Institution: Regis University & United States Air Force Academy

Top Winter Team: Geneva Luteria & Monica Fast, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Top Winter Institution:United States Air Force Academy

Top Team of the Year:Bella Wilhite & Hans Gebauer, Regis University

Top Institution of the Year: United States Air Force Academy

Institutional Standings

2021-22
Top Fall Team:Will Reid & Thomas Jones, Regis University

Top Fall Institution: Regis University

Top Winter Team: Birch Boyer & Henry Mildon, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Top Winter Institution:Regis University

Top Team of the Year:Will Reid & Thomas Jones, Regis University

Top Institution of the Year: Regis University