cooperation

contending, assertion, contenders, standings, claim, argument, wild card, fray, notion, clinch, suggestion, allegation, belief, pecking order, winless, favorites, theory, pacesetters, supposition, rankings, point, accusation, decider, objection, specious argument, frontrunner, position, insistence, challengers, conjecture, relegation, leaderboard, bogey, reckoning, qualifiers, gustiest, berth, regie, title, stipulation, fact, rans, jeopardy, averment, dormie, doubters, insinuation, underdog, moot, victory, slipup, lead, stumbling block, fringe, wildcard, presupposition, presumption, falter, round, race, championship, echelon, faulter, spot, roundrobin, longshot, sore, possibility, hunt, criticisms, technicality, question, issue, caveat, favoritism, qualification, merit, rungs, inconsistency, bogy, top, leapfrog, purview, onus, homestretch, niggle, arguement, sough, defeat, chances, conclusion, pipedream, dogfight, reasoning, back, consolations, concern, implication, mitigating circumstances, tussle, disagreement, thorn, contentions, complaint, dispute, ques, desideratum, difficulty, grievance, objections, quarrel, theme, dissension, controversy

contest, polemic, sparring

bone of contention, contend, contest, contested, matter of fact, matter of law, question of fact, question of law, rebuttal, repugn, submission, uncontested

assertion, asseveration, averment, conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, group action

arguing, argument, competition, contestation, controversy, rivalry, tilt