Must Check Interps:

Interp: The negative must ask the affirmative whether they will modify their PMC to an extent that it will meet all possible negative procedural interpretations in the flex time after the PMC; checking all interps. #### Violation: they don’t check [x] interp in CX

Standards:Abusive theory

• Frivolous: Without checking theory on the aff, then the aff is locked into theory debates every round. Even if the aff tries to be as topical and fair as possible, the negative can just read mutually exclusive theory shells like ‘aff must be critical/must not be critical.’- Education: This is the IL to education because abusive theory means that the only education that will ever be gleaned from rounds is theoretical education which hits a wall whereas topic education is uniquely key because we will rarely get the same resolution twice. This makes sure that theory will be used as a way to check abuse, not just to run it.Substantive Clash

• Clash: Giving the aff the ability to concede the interp in CX maximizes substantive clash. The neg gets access to all of the lost ground they would get by getting links to all the possible things they would lose if the interp was violated. This allows for the debate to be focused on substance rather than theory.- Fairness: Substantive clash is key to fairness because the judge cannot evaluate the round without clash, otherwise arguments are just ships passing in the night. Furthermore, since the purpose of theory is to promote better clash, theory undermines itself as a tool for fairness if its use is detrimental to it.#### Voters:Fairness

Education

Theory is a-priori: specifically, metatheory comes before all other theoretical positions because it is a debate about debate about debate.

CI > Reasonability