Nor do we know what parts thereof, if any, he ever intended for publication in some revised format.
Luke Donald, who with Padraig Harrington trails Bubba Watson and Jeff Overton by one hole after eight, said of the revised format: "Well it is different.
Under the revised format, the two captains will have to play all twelve team members in each of the remaining sessions.
The Swedish team, Artemis, with another British Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy at the helm, has spoken in favour of the revised format for 2017.
In this year's revised format, any of the five players with the most points going into the Tour Championship can win the FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship, set for Sept. 24 to 27 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
The revised format for the B.C.S., which coincides with the start of the new Rose Bowl deal, calls for five postseason games: the Rose, Orange, Fiesta and Sugar Bowls, and a national championship game a week later that will rotate each year among each location.
Mr. Isaacson said he hoped to free CNN to do in-depth reporting by sending viewers who want to catch up on the events of the day to Headline News, which is to be revamped in August with new graphics, a new set and revised format that will offer more information in less time, making it the news wire to CNN's heartier journalism service.
The revised format of the annual international clash will next year see three sides from both the Super League and Australia's NRL competition take part.
The SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, said the revised formats being reported was "very welcome progress", saying the case for the SNP's inclusion was "unanswerable".
In the shorter term, several top British gymnasts will compete at next weekend's Glasgow World Cup, part of a revised format of competitions designed to showcase the sport's top eight competitors in each discipline.
The revised format comes after the broadcasters failed to reach agreement with the political parties over the original proposals, which only included the Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems and UKIP.
