Negative

The Negative team, commonly shortened to "the Negative" or "the Neg", is the team with the responsibility of opposing the Affirmative position. Generally, this involves arguing that the Affirmative's plan is unnecessary or a bad idea, but more unusual arguments such as counterplans or kritiks may also be used.

Rezcentrism holds that the negative has the broader goal of negating the resolution, and not simply negating the Affirmative's plan. Plancentrism, however, holds that the Negative only needs to negate the Affirmative's plan.