UIL scores overtime have been inflated, If more than a third of groups get sweapstakes at a contest, it is a tell tale sign that the judges are being leniant.

There are exception regions of course but overall there should be a lot more variation at contests.

With the new judge sheet system, judges are being led to the rating by the subcategory descriptions.
Ratings are becoming more accurate to the sheet and therefore causing widespread rating deflation across the state.