From sport to sport, there are always those inspirational stories that get people a little teary- eyed, like the clique yet classic underdog story or a player’s major recovery from a severe injury.
But what is the line between a good movie showcasing an inspiring story or another pointless sports film Hollywood can cash in on?
Most generic sports films contain an underdog that somehow rises to the occasion and proves everyone that doubted them wrong, while also getting fame and much recognition.
This common scenario ends up getting boring and repetitive, to the point that you already know the outcome before even seeing the previews.
But one of the most recent documentaries that came out is about the Washington Redskins starting quarterback, Robert Griffin III. This movie premiered on ESPN last tuesday, titled “The Will to Win”. It is about RG3’s recovery while also dealing with personal struggles in life. It showcased Griffin’s perseverance and how hard he worked to get to where he is today from his injury.
RGIII [as people commonly call him for short] had major success from being an incredible rookie quarterback, and then also earning rookie of the year award in the NFL in the 2012 season.
After winning the NFC East Champion Title and going into the playoffs, RGIII made a risky play and ended up hurting himself. Griffin later went back in trying to walk off the injury but after taking one wrong step he went down.
“Its not a comeback if you’re never gone” Griffin said in his documentary. This being one of the many positive quotes coming out of that documentary gives his entire outlook on his injury a positive and uplighting view. Inspiring other people in similar or hard situations to do the same; look at it with a positive outlook.
Considering that Griffin is a big star and gave hope to the Redskins team, this documentary was a snippet of what he went through to continue changing the path for the Redskins and giving the fans hope that risky and tough quarterback will be playing again.
Coming from someone who had a very similar knee injury, its hard to look at this from a positive point of view. Especially when you know that there is going to be an extremely long road ahead of them, but RGIII makes you want to try as hard as you can in order to get to your best, or to where you once were.
“The documentary was okay, I’m not a huge redskins fan but I thought that the movie really accurate and made me think about how much the people that get hurt have to go through.” Freshman Andrew Somoza said. “It did make me really excited to see RGIII in action this season though.”
Griffin was a breath of fresh air to the Redskins when he got drafted. A rookie quarterback that all of the fans immediately fell in love with him, on and off the field.
Coming from a good background he was a nice and extremely modest football player that everyone enjoyed meeting and watching him play.
He turned the Redskins from a self hating group of fans to a tight-knit family that had more spirit than a lot of football teams in the nation.
Griffin deserved his spot of fame on the big screen because of all of the things he has accomplished for the Washington D.C. Area and the hope he has spread.
From what I can tell on the documentary, he has been preparing hard for this upcoming regular season and is ready to face one of his biggest comebacks personally.