Dangers of a Repeat Resolution

The 2022-2023 LD debate season is underway with the announcement of the September/October LD topic. Scott Brown and the other MyLDCoach contributors are back with September/October topic analysis.

In this video, Scott discusses the similarity of the 2022 Sept-Oct LD resolution with 2017-2018 NDT-CEDA topic. Whenever the LD topic has been debated by policy debate in prior years, it provides some opportunities and pitfalls for LD debaters. Scott helps LDers navigate the college wiki to to get an early start on September-October resolution research. At the same time, Scott talks about the potential downsides of relying on debate evidence from prior topics.

This video is not meant to be a proper 2022 September/October LD topic analysis. That will come in the next couple of days. Instead, this video is a supplement and way to help you navigate your research approach for the upcoming LD resolution.