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STATE OF PLAY: TROPHY KIDS
December 4, 2013  | By David Bianculli

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

Peter Berg, one of the major driving forces behind both the movie and TV versions of Friday Night Lights, is the driving force behind this documentary as well. It questions the persistence, by parents of gifted young athletes, in pushing their offspring towards a larger arena, and payday, in sports.

 
 
 
 
 
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