Second place is more valuable than first.

1.On my argument that we should look at the resolution as is being in second place before the event starts. First I justify by saying that because that "winning" is not in the resolution we should not be debating about it. My opponent's response has no basics within the resolution and secondly the example he gives 1 isn't true because in many sport with using NASCAR as an example you have races before the race to receive starting positions and 2 it supports my side because when he says "whether one point is better than the other, which is what we will debate" we should debate whether being in second is more beneficial or as my definition of valuable states "of great use" we should debate if being in second is more useful then first 2.My opponent's next argument is based off the first one and as I said we should be debating about the advantages of being in second over those of being in first. But on this point my opponent fails to answer the fact that being in second place dose come with an advantage. As I stated in both of my examples the fact that the majority of people wanted the underdog to win there support gave them an advantage. This advantage comes from how people want to be inspired and that even if you're not favored to win you still can. The fact that my opponent dropped the fact that there is an advantage to being in second place you can turn my opponent's argument because if you're more likely to win you're more likely to get the glory that my opponent talks about. 3.On this next point my opponent claims that the person in first place still has to practice. In order to explain this point I will use the example of the NE Patriots, because they were in first place they underestimated the Giants and because of that they didn't cheat like they did during the regular season and because of this cockiness they lose. Now even though that was a joke the point that because the success goes to people's heads it cause people to underestimate there opponents and lose. Because of this fact we can see that there is a huge disadvantage to being in first place thus this is another reason to support that second place is more valuable then first. 4.Next my opponent argues that there is no stress in being in first place. He uses the example of his lacrosse team but the problem with this example is that even if they are undefeated that doesn't mean that they are ranked number one so this is not a valid example. But we still doesn't refute my example of the person ranked first in a class I personally know my school's valedictorian and he is always studying and because of this he gets less sleep so there is a clear link between being in first place and having pressure to do well. 5.Yes this is kind of a joke but I'm going to debate it any way. The fact is if you print out the topic and cut out the part that says "second" and the part that says "first" the on with second on it would be worth more because on it takes more ink to create and two it uses up more paper and because of the value the thing have the piece with second on it will be worth more. But in response to my opponent's claims that winning first place has better monetary rewards but cross apply my second argument that being in second comes with advantages this turns his argument because if your more likely to win then there is a better chance that they can receive these rewards. 6.Coming in second is still better because you can see your flaws and find ways to fix them. And as I stated before in my number three argument that the person in first will not think there is incentive to improve. Because of the feed back you receive on how to improve when you come in second place this is again an advantage for second place. 7.My final argument is that my opponent is a Patriots fan and because the Patriots cheated there is reason to believe that he himself is not cheating because if you support a team you see what they do and try to do the same. So because the fact that my opponent would act like the Patriots and try to cheat you shouldn't vote for him. And if you can't tell this is a joke and I'm trying to make this debate funny. So to wrap this round up because of the fact that we should be looking at the advantages of being in second compared to those of being in first, and because of the advantages that I state in my 2 and 6 points of how second is better and then my point on how being in first is bad in my 3 and 4 points I urge the judges to vote pro on this topic