The Gridiron Gang Here

Using the physical and mental rigors of football to replace "gang mentality" with team spirit and self-respect.

Sean Porter and his co-founder, probation officer Malcolm Moore, didn't start a flag football league. They started a full-contact, tackle football team. They understood that football forces a specific kind of psychological transformation that is uniquely suited for incarcerated youth. the gridiron gang

Every so often, a sports movie comes along that uses the game as a backdrop for something much grittier and more profound. Gridiron Gang (2006), starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is one of those films. Using the physical and mental rigors of football

In a detention center, every interaction is a negotiation of power. If you bump into someone, you fight; otherwise, you look weak. Football teaches that you can hit someone with every ounce of your strength, help them up, and call them a brother. It teaches controlled violence rather than chaotic violence. They understood that football forces a specific kind