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Counterplans

Counterplans. The Negative’s Best Friend . Counterplan Basics. Counterplan is an alternate plan run by the negative You run counterplans every day Usually (99% of the time) It is designed to solve the case advantage While avoiding a disad. Why are CP’s the neg’s best friend?.

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Counterplans

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  1. Counterplans The Negative’s Best Friend 

  2. Counterplan Basics • Counterplanis an alternate plan run by the negative • You run counterplans every day • Usually (99% of the time) • It is designed to solve the case advantage • While avoiding a disad

  3. Why are CP’s the neg’s best friend? Counterplans do the following: Consolidate the debate - one sheet of paper rather than three or four. Control the Debate – Options Reframe the Debate – away from the aff case.

  4. Basic Counterplan • Plan: Go to McDonalds for lunch • What are some advantages to doing this? • Counterplan: Go to Wendy’s for lunch • How does this solve the McD’s advantages?

  5. Avoids Disadvantages • What is a disadvantage to going to McDonalds? • What is another disadvantage to going to McDonalds? • Could those be solved by going to Wendy’s?

  6. Topic Examples • Affirmative Counterplan • USFG should fund, USFG should offer incentives purchase & develop solar for private ventures to power satellites develop SPS • A1. Warming +10 A1. Warming +10 • A2. Leadership +15 A2. Leadership +13 • Space Mil Disad -5 • Total: +20 +23 • Without the counterplan, the affirmative would win!

  7. Parts of a CP The Text (Competition Claim) Solvency Evidence Net Benefit (internal or external) Internal – the beneficial result is tied directly to the action of the cp External - can function as a disad on its own

  8. Answering Counterplans • Acronym is PLOTS • Permutation • Links to their disads • Other disads to the Counterplan • Theory Objections • Solvency takeouts

  9. Solvency Takeouts • Doesn’t solve your case • Why might a counterplan that has the USFG fund private company development of SPS not solve the case advantages? • Warming? • Leadership?

  10. Links to their disads • Links to their disads • How could the privatization counterplan link to the spending disad? • The cooperation disad?

  11. Other Disads to A Counterplan • Affirmative can run disads to a counterplan • Usually the affirmative will skip the uniqueness, and read a two card disad • Can we think of disads?

  12. Theoretical Objections to Counterplans Theoretical objections are reasons why the counterplans might be unfair.

  13. Status of Counterplans • A good cross-x question is: what is the status of your CP? • An unconditional Counterplan has to be defended • A conditional counterplan allows the negative to “switch back” to the status quo in the debate

  14. Status Part 2 • A dispositional counterplan is like “limited conditionality.” • We can revert back if you make certain answers • Most judges think some version of dispositionality or conditionality is fair

  15. Permutations • A counterplan must COMPETE: it must provide an answer to the question, why not do both? • A permutation is an affirmative answer that says: we should do both • A permutation is designed to prove, the counterplan doesn’t compete

  16. Answering Permutations • 1) Still links to the disadvantages. • So the answer to “why not do both” is the disadvantage • There may be disadvangtes to the permutation by itself, separate from the aff • Two basic answers: • 1) we shouldn’t do both • It links to the disadvantages • It has disadvantages to it (do both worse) • 2) we can’t do both

  17. Illegitimate Permutations • Permutation has to be the combination of ALL of the PLAN and PART or ALL of the Counterplan • Why must a permutation be all of the plan? • Plans aren’t conditional, you have to defend your plan • If you don’t defend the entire plan, it is called a severence permutation

  18. Other permutations • All of the PLAN and PART or ALL of the Counterplan • Permutation cannot ADD anything into the mix • Intrinsiciness Permutation adds something to the mix • CP is incentives for private ventures • Net benefit is space militarization. • Permute: do the plan, give incentives and ban space militarization. • We can’t run disads, you would always solve for them with your intrinsicness

  19. Some Different Types of Counterplans Plan Inclusive Counterplans (PICS): does one or more parts of the cp and says the excluded parts are bad Process counterplans: does the aff through a different process Agency counterplan: does the aff through a different agency Advantage counterplans: does something to solve just one specific advantage, not the entire case (→ plank counterplans)

  20. Types of Counterplans, cont. Uniqueness cp: one the creates artifical uniqueness for a disadvantage Delay: enacts the plan at a later date and time Consult: asks for input from another country or entity before enacting the plan

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