Have you noticed a lot of football movies lately? Not to worry, you’re not going crazy. According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly 70% of movies released in the past ten years were related to football, football teams, or Dwyane Johnston.
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↵Does that sound drastic? It should. Because it’s completely made up. And yet… Still kinda true. The real numbers, from the Journal:
↵↵There have been more football films made in the past 15 years than in the previous 70.
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That’s A LOT. It’s not even a problem; that’s an epidemic. I mean, they remade The Longest Yard, starring Adam Sandler. The number of football movies is so staggering that most people don’t even remember some of the truly awful ones. But yeah, Leatherheads happened.
↵Someone needs to put a stop to it. Until then, doesn’t it feel right to blame Brett Favre for this?
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