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Saturday’s Child: Why We Should Ban College Football…. 19 May 2012 | 03:56 am
By J. A. Allen – May 18, 2012 Everyone who loves college football and the young men who play the game needs to watch this exchange. For the proposition Ban College Football were Buzz Bissinger, a Pul...
Should College Football Be Banned? 12 May 2012 | 05:07 am
By Clint Carter – May 11, 2012 Ban college football? Blasphemy! Except that’s exactly what more than half of the (fortunately non-policy-making) audience voted to do earlier this week at the Intellig...
Ban College Football 12 May 2012 | 02:36 am
By Malcolm Gladwell – May 10, 2012 As part of the Intelligence Squared debate series, I teamed with up Buzz Bissinger (of “Friday Night LIghts” fame) in support of the proposition that college footba...
Ban College Football? Breaking Down a Debate 11 May 2012 | 03:36 am
By John Williams – May 9, 2012 Two prominent writers argued for banning college football on Tuesday night at New York University’s Skirball Center as part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates ser...
Intelligence Squared U.S. New York Audience Decides to “Ban College Football” 10 May 2012 | 10:29 am
IQ2US Press Release – May 9, 2012 Last night, Intelligence Squared U.S. continued its spring 2012 season with a victory for the motion “Ban College Football.” In the final tally, Malcolm Gladwell and...
Should College Football Be Banned? 10 May 2012 | 06:32 am
Morning Joe – May 9, 2012 Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lighters and former defensive end for the Atlantic Falcons Tim Greene debate the dangers of college football including concussions and...
Would Banning College Football Actually Help Academics? 8 May 2012 | 07:59 am
By Chris Smith – May 7, 2012 Last week, Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger offered his arguments for why college football should be eliminated. The article appears in advance of tomorrow night...
Get Real! Ban College Football? 8 May 2012 | 05:40 am
Starting Point – May 7, 2012 Soledad O’Brien and the Starting Point panel discusses Buzz Bissinger’s Wall Street Journal opinion piece, in which he calls for college football to be banned because it ...
Should We Ban College Football? 8 May 2012 | 05:32 am
The Brian Lehrer Show – May 7, 2012 Big money, corruption, and injury have put college football in the spotlight. Tomorrow night, Intelligence Squared will debate the idea of banning college football...
Should College Football Be Banned? 2 May 2012 | 02:47 am
By Katy Waldman – Slate Watch—and participate in—the Slate/Intelligence Squared live debate on May 8, featuring Malcolm Gladwell.