Last year I used the time up until XMas to spotlight various indie published books. Which probably resulted in 0 sales. But let's do it again! Starting on Monday I'll spotlight an indie or small published book each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday up until XMas. So there.
Here's one last Storypalooza idea I had inspired by playing fantasy football this fall in my brother's league. This would be a lot better for a screenplay than a novel. Let's call it Fantasy League.
Like Major League you have a scumbag owner who wants to move his team to LA or Vegas from a smaller, grittier city. Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell is a loser who doesn't have a real job and spends most of his time studying stats and managing his fantasy football team. One day the owner of the local team is on sports talk radio and Sandler/Ferrell calls in and gets into it with the owner. As a publicity stunt (and to help the team tank and move) the owner decides to hire Sandler/Ferrell as the new team general manager.
And from there Sandler/Ferrell finds managing a real team is a lot more difficult than a fantasy team. There are early struggles and Sandler/Ferrell is ready to quit. But with the support of some girl who works in the office, he starts to turn things around. And of course in the end the team manages to get to the playoffs and stay in the city and Sandler/Ferrell has a new career and a new girl.
A lot of sports comedy cliches in there! Which is why it could totally happen.
2 comments:
It sounds like a story that would have been made into a movie.
I really like this idea despite the cliches. Yeah...it could happen.
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