07.21.2013 12:41 PM

You should not argue for the banning of college football when you look like this

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14 Comments

  1. Martha says:

    …or just a keyboard tapping bespectacled writer with a frizzy name like “Malcolm Gladwell”… and of questionable gender!

  2. Swervin' Merv says:

    Hard for anyone to convince jocks of anything–especially when you look like an egghead–even when you are right.

    Until we get beyond our gladiator amusements, Go Riders!

  3. Ty says:

    Safe to say he’s had 10,000 hours of being a condescending prick.

  4. Derek Pearce says:

    I’ve always thought of Gladwell as a bit of a charlatan– he was in the right place at the right time with a trendy topic when he first published The Tipping Point. Nevertheless football is going to be either banned or radically radically altered some day. The more that brain injury research shows what terrible damage is done to players, the less enthusiasm there will be over time. It’s popularity will take many years to diminish, but will gradually drip drip drip away…

  5. Elizabeth says:

    I do not like Malcolm Gladwell’s books. I liked the first one ok, but after that – not interested and it’s full of holes. Proven wrong, especially the 10,000 hours thing. Condescending, yes. And his fans are insufferable.

  6. art vandelay says:

    Ty,
    It wasn’t very sporting of you to take that kind of potshot at Warren.

  7. patrick says:

    Uh, huh, his looks decide the value of his opinion. Whatever facts behind it, meh. Maybe if he was taller.

  8. Jon Powers says:

    You’re suggesting that his looks contribute to how he is perceived by others? That’s terrible. I’m starting the first annual Geek Walk in protest.

  9. G. Babbitt says:

    He was quite a high school jock as a nationally ranked middle distance runner. His hair choice may disqualify him, but he is athletic.

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