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INTRO TO COUNTERPLANS!

INTRO TO COUNTERPLANS!. WHAT IS A CP?. A net beneficial alternative proposal to the Plan Competitive with the Plan Strategic if… The Aff is huge The SQ is indefensible Example: Plan – We should order pizza for dinner tonight. Counterplan – We should make a salad for dinner tonight.

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INTRO TO COUNTERPLANS!

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  1. INTRO TO COUNTERPLANS!

  2. WHAT IS A CP? • A net beneficial alternative proposal to the Plan • Competitive with the Plan • Strategic if… • The Aff is huge • The SQ is indefensible • Example: • Plan – We should order pizza for dinner tonight. • Counterplan – We should make a salad for dinner tonight.

  3. COMPONENTS OF A CP • Counterplan text • VERY IMPORTANT. WRITE OUT THE EXACT TEXT • Be specific, complete, and accurate, as you would with a Plan text • Addressing topicality • Either explanation of how the CP is non-topical or • Defense of why topical CP’s are ok • Not super common or explicit in 1NC’s • Competition • This is intense but it makes sense eventually • The opportunity cost of the plan • CP needs to be more beneficial than doing the Plan • Different kinds of competition

  4. COMPETITION – MUTUAL EXCLUSIVITY • FUNCTIONAL COMPETITION • The action/policy of the plan and the action/policy of the CP cannot both be done – there is a trade-off • Preferable • Example: • Plan – We should order pizza for dinner • CP – We should make salad for dinner. • TEXTUAL COMPETITION • Looking at the Plan & CP texts reveals competition – the way they are written is such that they cannot be combined • It’s ok, not always as compelling as functional competition • Example: • Plan – We should order pizza for dinner. • CP – We should not make a pizza for dinner. We should make a salad for dinner.

  5. COMPETITION – NET BENEFITS • Net benefits • Internal net benefits • Something the CP uniquely solves that the aff does not, kind of like a Neg advantage • Example: making a salad is healthier than ordering a pizza • External net benefits • Disadvantages, etc. to the Aff that the CP does not link to • Example: the Aff links to the spending disad, but the CP does not

  6. TYPES OF COUNTERPLANS • Advantage Counterplans. These solve one of the Aff’s advantages, meaning you only have to deal with the remaining advantages if you win the CP. • Agent Counterplans. A different actor takes the action of the Plan. • Process Counterplans • Consult. Before doing the plan, we should ask for so-and-so’s opinion first. • Delay/Timeframe. We should do the plan, but not until next week. • Condition. We can do the plan, but ONLY IF this other thing happens in exchange. • PICs. Enact part, but not all of the affirmative mandates. • (Not intended to be an exhaustive list)

  7. STATUS OF THE CP • In cross-ex, the Aff should ask & Neg should be prepared to answer what the status of the CP is • Establishes the conditions under which the CP will stay in the debate • Will you go for it in the 2NR or kick it? • Conditional. “The status quo is always an option.” • Unconditional. They’re going for it. • Dispositional. Who freakin knows

  8. ANSWERING COUNTERPLANS • Read the CP text very carefully. Determine the differences between the CP and the Plan. • Solvency Deficits. They don’t solve part or all of the Aff. • Perm. Is the CP competitive with the Aff or could they both happen? • “Perm, do both.” • Severance Perms (CP + SOME of the Plan) • Intrinsic Perms (CP + Plan + SOMETHING ELSE) • Timeframe Perm (Do the Plan and THEN the CP later) • Offense. Add-on advantages, disads to the CP, etc. • Theory. Is this a legit CP or are they being shady?

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