Re: Problem Area

[Jeff Shaw <shaw@lclark.edu>]

Hello Campers,
Just thought we'd respond to the latest stuff regarding topics and such.  
Love Child seems to have a point to me about the economy/politics/foreign 
affairs self-perpetuating cycle.  It seems that this rather narrow focus 
of topic areas gives a definite edge to debaters with majors in those 
fields, which would have a tendency to dictate academic focus. 
Personally, I'd love to be a P.E. major. I think that in the debate 
community we haven't been adequately evaluating the ramifications of the 
news we could read every day in the sports page.  I bet most of you don't 
even know that Fernando Valenzuela just came out of retirement!!!
How about these for sample resolutions:

Resolved: that Hall of Fame selection for professional athletes in the 
United States ought to consider non-sports-related activities.

Resolved: that militaristic sports reflect a militaristic culture.

Resolved: that professional sports organizations in the United states 
should increase regulation of athlete recruiting violations

Resolved:  that drug testing for professional athletes would be desireable.

Resolved:  that gambling on professional sports ought to be legalized in 
the United States.

If anybody else has any ideas for resolutions, that's also great, we'd 
love to hear 'em.  Also:  Don't take this as a massive lobbying move for 
a sports topic...although I'd like to see one, there are lots of others 
that sound interesting as well...which brings up the death penalty topic 
Ken Broda-Bahm posted a couple of days ago.  I think it has a lot of 
potential, for all the reasons he listed, but have one problem/inquiry 
about it.  There is not a timeframe on the resolution.  Thus, could an 
affirmative claim we would overturn a death penalty conviction 
posthumously or what?  This might unlimit an otherwise nicely limited 
resolution.

Thanks for listenin',
Jeff Shaw
L & C 
"When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro."--HST

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Wake Forest U.
"I never claimed to be different, I only said I was bored."---Chuck Mosley

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