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 Intelligence Squared debate at NYU.

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 football should be banned…

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 series. Their opponents were two journalists, who also … Continue reading →

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 Buzz Bissinger won the Oxford-style debate by … Continue reading →

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 it’s lack of academic purpose.

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’s Intelligence Squared debate, in which Bissinger and … Continue reading →

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 “has no academic purpose.”

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. Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of … Continue reading →

By Katy Waldman – Slate Watch—and participate in—the Slate/Intelligence Squared live debate on May 8, featuring Malcolm Gladwell.

By Miranda Neubauer – April 18, 2012 They say that anyone who knows what’s good for him will avoid arguing on the Internet. But what of arguing about the Internet? That’s what four net-centric thinkers — MoveOn.org board president Eli … Continue reading →