Charles P. Pierce - College Football - Playoffs vs. BCS - ProCon.org

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL - PLAYOFFS VS. BCS

Charles P. Pierce Biography
Title:	Sportswriter and journalist
Position:	Con to the question "Should College Football Replace the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) with a Playoff System?"
Reasoning:	"The [2010 National Championship] game presented a number of very good arguments in favor of the bowl system and against the idea of a playoff 'tournament,' most of which center on the fact that playing only one postseason game is immeasurably better than playing two or three of them... Playoff football is cautious football... Because, under the present system, every postseason game except for the last one is contested only for bragging rights, and because winning is more fun than losing, coaches tend to play wide-open, relaxed football." "The Real Problem with the BCS," Esquire, Jan. 8, 2010
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Organizations/VIPs/Others Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Writer, Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, 2002-present Regular panelist, National Public Radio's (NPR) game show, Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, 1998-present Writer-at-large, Esquire, 1997-present Contributor, New York Times Magazine, LA Times Magazine, Nation, Atlantic, American Prospect, Slate, and Chicago Tribune Weekly guest, NPR's sports program, Only A Game Recipient, National Headliners Award, 2004 Former feature writer and columnist, The National Former sports columnist, Boston Herald Former writer, Worcester Magazine and Boston Phoenix
Education:	Attended graduate program, Boston College BA, Journalism, Marquette University, 1975
Contact Info:	Phone: None found Fax: None found Email: Online Contact Form Website: www.charlespierce.net
Select Publications:	Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, 2009 Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything, 2006 Hard to Forget: An Alzheimer's Story, 2001 Sports Guy, 2000
Other:	Born December 28, 1953 in Worcester, MA
Quoted in:	1. Should College Football Replace the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) with a Playoff System?