In fact, there were those who argued that we should just dismantle the public education system altogether.
But he got a loud earful from a few ex-players who argued that Warner's comments were tantamount to disloyalty.
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Italian astronomer Giordano Bruno, an Italian philosopher who argued that the universe was infinite, was burned at the stake.
And there were automakers who argued that installing seatbelts was unnecessary and unaffordable.
The government was not much impressed by bosses who argued that the new 75% top income-tax rate was a disaster.
The debate goes back to Socrates, who argued that anyone who was acquainted with good could not intentionally choose evil instead.
They heard from the then Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell who argued that bringing in new skills and thinking was enormously valuable.
The antidumping tariffs were imposed in the mid-1980s, thanks to lobbying by California's 526 pistachio growers, who argued that Iran's government subsidized its farmers.
The case was brought by a number of insurers who argued that liability should only be incurred when the symptoms of asbestos-related illness develop.
Last year Australia's highest court shot down a legal challenge from tobacco companies, who argued that the move would cut profits and encourage counterfeit products.
It was written by the now-infamous Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who argued that there was a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines, and autism.
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Duffy heard from angry traders, including a close friend, who argued that since they enabled the world's most liquid markets they had nothing to worry about.
In this, she too shadows Mr Coase, who argued that those who advocated government ownership of common resources ignored the transaction costs associated with collecting taxes.
The convention was initiated by the Americans, who argued that, although their courts generally enforce the rulings of foreign courts, other countries do not always reciprocate.
As Mr Fletcher explains, opinions differed, but there were always those who argued that to ask too much was to put the process of conversion at risk.
The crossbench peer's calls were backed by Labour's Lord Morris of Aberavon who argued that the present position was "untenable" and "not in the interest of justice".
The subsequent Kerner Report was dismissed as deeply flawed by conservatives who argued that it exonerated rioters for their criminal behaviour and placed the blame on wider society.
The other court challenge in 1985 involved Julie Christofferson-Titchbourne, a defector who argued that the church had falsely claimed that Scientology would improve her intelligence, and even her eyesight.
Under pressure from Mr Obama, who argued that progress on the Palestinian issue would help galvanise an Arab coalition to confront Iran, Mr Netanyahu has since adjusted his positions.
Much of this can be attributed to Emil Kraepelin, a German psychiatrist and co-discoverer of Alzheimer's disease, who argued that biological pathology underlay each of the major psychiatric disorders.
The Interior Department rushed to complete the rules in three months over the objections of lawmakers and environmentalists who argued that they would weaken how a landmark conservation law is applied.
MEPs also heard from European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, who argued that the combined pressure of EU institutions, fellow member states, and markets would help to prevent future debt crises.
The money has been sitting in a bank account in London, to the ire of nationalists who argued that these were Scottish funds which should be released and spent on Scottish energy.
Washington, a freed slave who walked 500 miles from the mines of West Virginia to study at Hampton, who argued that these colleges should focus on teaching blacks skilled trades and vocations.
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This approach was championed by the business theorist Chris Argyris, who argued that simply creating debate is of uncertain use when the issues involved are potentially threatening or embarrassing to the participants.
Just about everywhere I've gone since the column published, people have stopped me to say they agree with a clinical psychologist I quoted, who argued that hectic schedules are damaging American families.
The scheme has been introduced after pressure from pet-owners and animal welfare groups, who argued that the present quarantine system had caused suffering to animals with almost no cases of rabies being found.
The council ruled that the constitution-drafting commission should be directly elected, perhaps as a sop to easterners who argued that they were underrepresented by the previously proposed allocation of seats in the commission.
Gans, a naturally polite and cheerful man, was tutored always to show restraint by Bob Fitzsimmons, a world champion at three weights, who argued that you should do as you would be done by.
In this, Plowden was heavily influenced by Jean Piaget, a psychologist who argued that children's ability to assimilate knowledge progressed at its own pace and therefore teachers should guide pupils to discover things for themselves.
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