Instructional
Yearlong Sweepstakes
I’d like to take this opportunity to lay out the details of the yearlong sweeps, for the purpose of either confirming them or adjusting them before our first tournament. While everyone is more than welcome to add their $.02, only the members of the Executive Committee (currently Myself, Michael Miller, Robert Maxwell, David Saulet, Danny [...]
2010 NFA-LD Coop Evidence Now Available
Hey folks, The LD Coop evidence has been released by John Boyer for general consumption. You can download the full set at this link: http://www.net-benefits.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=439&d=1283189995 I attended the camp, so I’ll just give a little overview of the evidence. But first, a word of caution. This evidence is released by John Boyer and the camp [...]
Qualified Judging in a World of Specialization
There’s been a lot of discussion about the nature of judging vis-à-vis Michael Miller’s previous post, found here. I’m not going to talk about speed, at least not in-depth; my feelings on this were made pretty clear in my comments within the aforementioned post. But I’d like to use the discussion as a jumping off [...]
Breaking Down the Resolution, Pt 1.
Before we start debating or writing cases I think it’s important to break down the resolution to understand where we are going. I’m going to cover everything except the last phrase (chronically mentally ill) here and finish up in a post in a few days. The 2010-2011 resolution is: Be it resolved: the United States [...]
A Good Place to Start
One of the reasons I support NFA-LD debate is that each year I get to learn so much about the particular topic being debated. Whenever anyone brings up Greater Horn of Africa, renewable energy, Cuba, transportation, etc… I feel so knowledgeable and almost always can engage in a discussion regarding possible policy solutions and their [...]
New Evidence for Inherency
As anyone reading this blog should know, a NFA-LD debate is, at least according to the official “Paradigm for Judging,” supposed to be argued and decided on “traditional stock issues.” One of those traditional stock issues is “inherency.” Moreoever, the “Paradigm for Judging” identifies proving inherency as one of the Affirmative’s “three initial burdens.” (Put [...]
Survey for possible LD Camp
Hey everyone! As the season nears many of us are sitting in anticipation, cutting cards (hopefully), waiting for the Lafayette camp evidence to come out so we can start getting some practice rounds in. Seeing to the fact that we will all have this evidence in the next week or so, Zach Moss and Matthew [...]
“The Spread,” Speed, and Activist Judges (Part 2)
…. PREVIOUSLY ON SO-CAL-LD.net**: A. This is the second – and concluding – Post on the issue of the alleged “Anti-Spread/Anti-Speed Rule” in NFA-LD debate. If you have not read Part 1 (which I posted on 8/2/10, and which bears the same title), please do so before reading this Post. B. This is NOT a [...]
Season Sweepstakes 2010-2011
Last year we tried for the first time to run a season sweepstakes. I still have to get trophies to the winners but they are in process =) here is a recap of the award winners: Lincoln Division (Highest % of adjusted wins in at least three tournaments) 1 Biola University 2 University of California, [...]
“The Spread,” Speed, and Activist Judges (Part 1)
In accordance with what I understand my duties as a “Coach Contributor” to this Board to be, this Post is primarily addressed to other coaches. However, I hope everyone in the SoCal-LD community will read it. And I am happy to accept any/all feedback – positive or negative – from anyone. Yesterday, I basically took [...]
8 Important Websites
A GREAT Sunday morning to all! Those of you who are varsity (experiened) NFA-LD’ers know that, even as I am writing this post, the good people (faculty and students) at Otterbein are in 24/7 debate-camp-mania-mode, churning out what will probably become known as the “Lafayette Briefs.” Otterbein ends a week from today – and the [...]
“Here I Stand” (Lennon or Luther?)
I was not required to make a “CANDIDATE STATEMENT” before being elected, or selected, or whatever I was… prior to holding the position on this Board that I am now truly honored to hold. So, belatedly – and rather than say this as tangential to the context of some procedural or substantive thread – I [...]
