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Switching Sides
I like your take on this, Sydney. I think that making the father-in-law actively seek to prevent their wedding ups the stakes considerably.
Agree with the above. I'm sure there are all-gay football teams (whatever the code), but can't think why there would be all-gay + one straight? Possibly more plausible would be an all-gay team with straight coach (similar to an all-women soccer team in Bend It Like Beckham coached by a man). Presumably the MC is trying to win respect from the future father-in-law, which in the 'coach' scenario could entail a victory of his all-gay team, thus blasting through some homophobic stereotypes, and winning begrudging respect from the father? So could be something like:
"When the straight coach of an all-gay football team discovers his fiancee's father is a football-mad homophobe seeking to prevent their wedding, he must take his team to championship victory to keep the wedding on track."
There are openings for angles here - for example the football team could be pretty poor at the start and mostly social, and so need plenty of work to challenge for the championship and win over the father in law. There also needs to be a strong reason why the man (and his fiance) don't just go 'stuff you dad, we are getting married'.
Why does he NEED the father-in-law's blessing? The objective goal has to be about something with high stakes, that is, something that the protagonist must have -- or else he fails. He's already engaged. He may want, but does he need the old man's blessing to get married?
And I don't see a cause-and-effect linkage between his need for the man's blessing and the football game. Or the fact that most of the team is gay; a colorful detail, perhaps, but not a causal one for the purpose of a logline.
(And is this European football or American football?)