CX debate Rules

Let me call your attention to Nebraska rules for CX please

NEBRASKA NOVICE POSITION LIMITS 2009-10

Nebraska debate coaches in association with the Nebraska Debate Institute have established the following rules regarding the novice year of policy debate teams.

v All novice teams (i.e. students in their first two semesters of debate) will adhere to state case limits. For the 2009-010 policy resolution the case areas that have been adopted are:

· Abortion (Hyde Amendment)

· Medicaid coverage of illegal immigrants

· Legal Services

· Veterans

v Novice level negative arguments are restricted to the following areas:

1) Topicality – No determination about the topicality of the case limits has been made. Students are free to challenge and evaluate the areas as a whole or specific logistical aspects of the Affirmative plan. It is acceptable for a judge to vote for a case being within the case limits and against the same team on the topicality grounds.

2) Disadvantages & Case Arguments - The Negative is free to research and run any disadvantage or case argument relevant to Affirmative action. No restrictions have been placed on the structure or form of these arguments.

3) Kritiks – No novice team is permitted to run a kritik at any tournament before January 1, 2010. At that time, judges may both evaluate and vote on the following criticisms:

· Capitalism

· Biopolitics

· Objectivism

4) Counterplans – Only the States CP may be run before January 1, 2010. After that time, judges may both evaluate and vote on counterplan arguments.

v Judges should be reminded that adherence to these rules is considered a voting issue in Nebraska novice debate. However, judges should not enforce these limits on their own rather it is the competitors’ responsibility to make rule challenges. All decisions on possible violations should be limited to the argumentation made in the round and the opposing team retains the right to argue that their position is not outside of the established position limits.




You can download all the cases you will need at.

http://www.planetdebate.com/blockhouse

Please download your Aff. and start to become very familiar with it.