Not according to Tin Cup. Can't Jump . Even the boredom of bowling can be spoofed as a high-dollar spectator event, courtesy of the hilarious Kingpin . There are stories to be told everywhere. You can poke fun at them, you can glorify them, and you can even be critical of them.
Any angle can work to be entertaining in a sports movie.
Michael Jordan can play basketball with Bugs Bunny, for Pete's sake, and it can be entertaining. Now, let me disprove all that I just said with two words. Folks, there ain't no way to sugarcoat this. I've been in a movie theatre just outside Death Valley. It was 118 degrees outside.