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This study explores the relationship between ethics,
pedagogy, and rhetoric through the relationship
between NPDA partnerships and how forensic coaches
impact these relationships. The main premise is that
directors of forensics and NPDA debaters are arguably
in a state of crisis. This book aims to heighten the
level of intellectual discussion in this subfield as
well as add to both the quantity and quality of
research. I begin with an introduction and review of
the relevant literature. Next, there is a
quantitative study to assess how argumentativeness
and verbal aggressiveness influence competitive
relational satisfaction within NPDA partnerships,
from debaters. After the quantitative portion, I
report a qualitative study with the coaches, and
finally, I explore the rhetorical and pedagogical
impacts of the findings. I conclude that especially
in forensics, there is no one model pedagogy or
ethic, just as there is no one way to garnering
competitive success and further theoretically and
historically grounded study must be conducted in this
area in order to bolster the credibility of forensic
literature as well as to provide further
understanding in this area.

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