Not screened for critics.
There are two spoof references in the movie to the Duke lacrosse team of which three players were falsely accused of rape in 2006. In April of 2007, all charges were dropped against the three players; North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper declared them innocent. The resolution of the case eventually led to the disbarment and resignation of the lead prosecutor in the case, Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong.
When Aseel is hurt Harold Lloyd used a similar gag
21 sports movies are spoofed; 11 football movies Necessary Roughness (1991), Rudy (1993), Jerry Maguire (1996), Any Given Sunday (1999), The Replacements (2000), Remember the Titans (2000), Radio (2003), Friday Night Lights (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), Invincible (2006), Gridiron Gang (2006); 2 basketball movies Coach Carter (2005) and Glory Road (2006); 2 boxing movies Rocky (1976) and Rocky Balboa (2006); 1 baseball movie Field of Dreams (1989); 1 soccer movie Bend It Like Beckham (2002); 1 surfing movie Blue Crush (2002); 1 hockey movie Miracle (2004); 1 dodgeball movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004); 1 gymnastics movie Stick It (2006).
The coach's name, Lambeau Fields, is a play on Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers.
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