CounterplansThe Negatives Best Friend

Counterplan BasicsCounterplan 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 advantageWhile avoiding a disad

Why are CPs the negs best friend?Counterplans do the following:Consolidate the debate - one sheet of paper rather than three or four.Control the Debate OptionsReframe the Debate away from the aff case.

Basic CounterplanPlan: Go to McDonalds for lunchWhat are some advantages to doing this?

Counterplan: Go to Wendys for lunchHow does this solve the McDs advantages?

Avoids DisadvantagesWhat is a disadvantage to going to McDonalds?

What is another disadvantage to going to McDonalds?

Could those be solved by going to Wendys?

Topic ExamplesAffirmativeCounterplanUSFG should fund, USFG should offer incentives purchase & develop solar for private ventures to power satellites develop SPS A1. Warming +10A1. Warming +10A2. Leadership +15A2. Leadership +13Space Mil Disad -5

Total: +20 +23

Without the counterplan, the affirmative would win!

Parts of a CPThe Text(Competition Claim)Solvency EvidenceNet Benefit (internal or external)Internal the beneficial result is tied directly to the action of the cpExternal - can function as a disad on its own

Answering CounterplansAcronym is PLOTSPermutation

Links to their disads

Other disads to the Counterplan

Theory Objections

Solvency takeouts

Solvency TakeoutsDoesnt solve your case

Why might a counterplan that has the USFG fund private company development of SPS not solve the case advantages?Warming?

Leadership?

Links to their disads

Links to their disads

How could the privatization counterplan link to the spending disad?

The cooperation disad?

Other Disads to A CounterplanAffirmative can run disads to a counterplan

Usually the affirmative will skip the uniqueness, and read a two card disad

Can we think of disads?

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

Status of CounterplansA good cross-x question is:what is the status of your CP?An unconditional Counterplanhas to be defendedA conditional counterplan allows the negative to switch back to thestatus quo in the debate

Status Part 2A 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

PermutationsA 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 doesnt compete

Answering Permutations1) Still links to the disadvantages.So the answer to why not do both is the disadvantageThere may be disadvangtes to the permutation by itself, separate from the aff

Two basic answers:1) we shouldnt do bothIt links to the disadvantagesIt has disadvantages to it (do both worse)2) we cant do both

Illegitimate PermutationsPermutation 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 arent conditional, you have to defend your planIf you dont defend the entire plan, it is called a severence permutation

Other permutationsAll of the PLAN and PART or ALL of the Counterplan

Permutation cannot ADD anything into the mixIntrinsiciness Permutation adds something to the mix

CP is incentives for private venturesNet benefit is space militarization.

Permute: do the plan, give incentives and ban space militarization.

We cant run disads, you would always solve for them with your intrinsicness

Some Different Types of CounterplansPlan Inclusive Counterplans (PICS): does one or more parts of the cp and says the excluded parts are badProcess counterplans: does the aff through a different processAgency counterplan: does the aff through a different agencyAdvantage counterplans: does something to solve just one specific advantage, not the entire case ( plank counterplans)

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