So, this struck me as odd. Earlier this morning I saw that Ricardo Saenz from Georgia Tech had uploaded a number of videos of the out rounds at the Shriley. Over the course of the day, several of these videos began disappearing. Such has every speech by Oklahoma, Rutgers, Vermont and Towson. I was looking forward to kicking back and watching some of these debates this weekend in my spare time and getting an idea of what kind of strategies and arguments were employed so I could better prep for my next tournament. However, it seems that the powers that be in the Resistance group don’t believe in disclosure and learning as part of their ideal activity. Would be curious to find out why these teams all simultaneously conspired to hide their strategies from the community. If you really think that someone knowing what you say in debates will decrease your chance of winning then perhaps you should make better arguments? If you really think that something you said in a debate round was so egregious that it would “destroy [your] program” then is a style of debating that will destroy debate programs really something the community should be supporting?
Would love to hear from some of the conspirators about why they are so afraid of other people watching their rounds.
A Framework for Debate 