A week ago Sunday there was a lengthy article in the NY Times about a child's soccer team from Georgia. The team was made up of refugees, largely from wars in Africa. The coach was a woman born in Jordan. The article told of the coach's efforts to mix sports and studies and of the team's difficulties in obtaining practice space. It was one of those almost 'feel good' stories.
I guess there was too much feel good in the story for those who produce our movies. That night the coach and team started getting offers from producers who wanted to make a movie of their story. The story went for $2,500,000 up front, with a chance at $3,000,000. A good portion of the money will go for the kids future.
There's been at least one happy result of the publicity.
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