However, Lama says that, often in evidence debates, quantity becomes more important than quality, and that whoever has the most pieces of evidence wins. This causes the rate of speech to increase. Lama dislikes this trend and does not allow his team to do this. People sound like federal express men. I don t want that.
Debates typically last an hour, and tournaments take two days.
The judges are the coaches, and no coach is permitted to judge his own team. Competitors can earn up to 30 points. Although the exact record will not be published until mid-November or early December, the team seems to be doing well. Seniors Abel Winn and Joel Schellhammer won the debate at Middle Tennessee State this season. At a Wayne State University tournament, freshmen Matt Metevelis and Carisa Bergen went to the semi-finals.