A good year for counterplans?

While last year seemed near impossible to run good counterplans based on the requirements of the NFA-LD rules for counterplans, this year seems really solid. Specifically, the rules state that counterplans: The negative may present one counterproposal specific to the affirmative problem area. By this, we mean that the counterproposal must deal with the problem [...]

Counterplans

A few of my debaters asked me recently about viable counterplans for this topic – honestly, I’m not so sure there are many that would be supported by good quality literature. The NFA-LD rules specify a few conditions for counterplans, three of which I think are critical: The negative may present one counterproposal specific to [...]