Thursday Thursday!! 

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Usually a time to discuss some sports.. But this go me thinking bout how when I was growing up there were quality sports movies for kids. I mean Little Giants, Mighty Ducks, SANDLOT! etc.

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I understand the studio's reasoning for not making them, they usually cost a decent amount of money, usually have ZERO foreign BO potential etc. These are the same issues that kept my Rom Com down as well. But thank god for streaming services and they have rescued the genre! So why haven't they done the same for kids sports movies???

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I mean who wouldn't watch one of those on Netflix about every few months. I know I would.. And I'm not talking remakes. I am talking fun scrappy underdogs, coming together to beat the team dressed in black..

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Here are some random ideas from the internet.. and my head..

When a beloved neighborhood rec center is in danger of closing, a work-obsessed father at the top of his career is forced by his son, of which he’s currently separated from, to organize a fundraising basketball event and rally other middle-aged dads into playing to save it; thereby, saving the most important parts of themselves in the process.

A football player forced to retire from the game he loves because of PTSD is finds a new passion as he opens a ballet studio to help his daughter or son find themselves.

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A mixed group of teenagers rollerblade their way to winning the County Rollerblade Championship and find their own first-love on the way.

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Set in the fervent world of All Star Cheerleading a disgraced former World Champion coach, Caroline Marshall, is coaxed back into the arena by her sister Melanie to be her business partner. When tragedy strikes Caroline is forced into taking the top job at Cheer Legacy; her sister's rival gym.

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Alright maybe they don't have to be NEW stories.. give me a out of place little league coach, the reluctant star, and the bully team! 

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