SHORTENING THE DEBATE SEASON

["David M. Berube" <berube@garnet.cla.sc.edu>]

The summer meeting in Chicago ended with some very interesting work 
have been completed.  There will be project reports posted at the 
CEDA web site soon.

ISSUE -

We discussed burnout by coaches and students.  The season is simply 
too long and we are losing some of our finest coaches and too many 
horror stories about students ending elgibility with many semesters 
of academic study remaining.  We discussed the falsity of the "debate 
career" without a professional debate league.

Rather than shortening the season per se, I am interested in some 
feedback about instituting a rule which would limit participation at 
the national tournament to teams composed of individuals who had not 
debated in more than "x" CEDA sanctioned debate tournaments during 
the competitive season including the national tournament in question.

What value for "x"?  If any?

What tournaments might be excluded?  Experimental format tournaments 
might be excluded so experimentation is not deterred.  Round Robins 
might be excluded because they are not open invitationals.  etc.?


THE ALTERNATIVE MIGHT BE  shortening the season which could severely 
impact tournaments schedules (Nonetheless, I would vote for a 
schedule which begins after our currently scheduled tournament).
David M. Berube, Dir., Carolina Debate &
Assoc. Prof., Speech Communication
803-777-6663, fax 803-777-0055

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