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When a brain injury puts a surefire pro football prospect's institutional loyalty into question, he must rediscover himself and rise to protect his teammates from a ruthless coaching staff.

November 25, 2013

on When a brain injury puts a surefire pro football prospect's institutional loyalty into question, he must rediscover himself and rise to protect his teammates from a ruthless coaching staff.

Yes. Thanks for boiling it down, Richie! I thought about really putting all the stakes on the brain injury from act one on, but the hero leaving the athletic realm gives him perspective from the outside. The fact that all…
on When a brain injury puts a surefire pro football prospect's institutional loyalty into question, he must rediscover himself and rise to protect his teammates from a ruthless coaching staff.

The coach is the villain because although the game is violent, he stacks the deck. He brings on physicians who do anything possible to keep players on the field. Drugs, misdiagnosing and etc. And he removes anyone who doesn't "play…
on When a brain injury puts a surefire pro football prospect's institutional loyalty into question, he must rediscover himself and rise to protect his teammates from a ruthless coaching staff.

The brain injury is the inciting incident - one that is discarded by the staff. It's a static injury that has slowly grown. That said, he experiences a broken leg (fibula) that FORCES him out of football (though players HAVE…
on When a brain injury puts a surefire pro football prospect's institutional loyalty into question, he must rediscover himself and rise to protect his teammates from a ruthless coaching staff.

Great suggestion, Paul. The injury is the culmination of act 1, the rediscovery (love interest, education and re-entry into athletics) is the midpoint and the discovery of his true injury is when act 3 begins. The conflict with the coaching…
on When a brain injury puts a surefire pro football prospect's institutional loyalty into question, he must rediscover himself and rise to protect his teammates from a ruthless coaching staff.

Finally able to relax and unpack this a bit. So, yes, his lifelong goal and identity was professional football. Since he becomes damaged goods, he's thrust into the world of education through an old love interest. Through his sessions with…

When a brain injury puts a surefire pro football prospect's institutional loyalty into question, he must rediscover himself and rise to protect his teammates from a ruthless coaching staff.