Buzz Bissinger and Malcolm Gladwell Win Debate over Tim Green and Jason Whitlock

Debate will air on NPR stations nationwide and be telecast on WNET/Thirteen on June 16th at 3 PM
NEW YORK – 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 convincing 37% of the audience to change their minds and oppose the motion.  After the debate, 53% of audience members agreed that college football has no place in an academic environment, up from 16% pre-debate (see full numbers below).

Watch the full debate streaming at Fora.tv here:

http://fora.tv/live/intelligencesquared_us/college_football

Opposing the motion, Tim Green and Jason Whitlock sought to prove that college football provided academic opportunities through scholarships, and instilled positive values in players and college students. But at the end of the...