[shortrounddev2]

> This piece is not about the vast majority of high school debate and is probably going to create some real headaches for people just trying to run an after-school activity.

My experience is that these kind of politics are universal in policy debate, not so much LD or PF

[nrfulton]

I think your experience is atypical. In most circuits, the typical judge is a parent with no particular knowledge about debate and certainly not a tabroom.com paradigm.

[shortrounddev2]

We got, like, 50% lay judges (parents) and 50% competitive college debaters.

[ang_cire]

50% experienced judges? Damn, you were lucky af.