Throughout the entire film there was a lot of unsportsmanlike conduct, intimidation, and no gamesmanship going on. One coach permitted it (Coach Penning - Arizona) and the other one did not (Coach Gelwix - Highland). In Arizona, Rick was the star of his rugby team which was coached by his father. He was living the life until he decided to make an unreasonable decision and drinking as a minor and also deciding to drive while under the influence. He then crashed the car while under the influence and severely injured his girlfriend, this landed him in court and he was sent to the Salt Lake City juvenile center. Rick met a guy named Marcus Tate that works in the juvenile center as his overseer for his behavior to report back to the judge. As soon as Rick got into the center he got into a fight and started to be basically a bully. Marcus took Rick to Highland to play Rugby. Rick did not like it there and did not want to be a part of anything they did whether it was for the team or community. Kurt, one of the Highland rugby players and captains took an interest into helping Rick and trying to make him a better person and make him comfortable on the team. It took some time but Rick became a part of the team and wanting to do any and everything with and for the team. After a game, some of the players were driving home and they pulled over to the side of the road to help a woman and children with a flat tire. While Kurt was changing the tire, a drunk driver hit and killed him. It hit the team pretty hard but they were able to come together and be even stronger and go to the national championships. Rick then found out that his father played on the Highland Rugby team that won a National Championship in 86 but when he said something to his father about it, he blamed his knee injury on Coach Gelwix because he had him playing at the wrong position that did not allow him to play in the National Championships. When it came time for Nationals, Rick’s father came to take him out of the center just to get anything that Rick knew about Highland’s plays. His old friends from Arizona wanted the same thing his father did but when he refused a small fight broke out and one of the guys dropped drugs in Rick’s car but Rick was bailed out because his ex-girlfriend came in and told them what really happened and he was released. He made it to Nationals in time to play and play through to the championship where he would face Arizona, his old team. The day before the championship game Quentin tells Rick about how he was paying people to get school tests and ended having to sit out the championship game. The Game was very competitive until the Arizona players started to play dirty and take cheap shots at the Highland players but when two of the Arizona players took out Rick his father got involved and made a player sit the rest of the game and got his son motivated and back into the game to get the game winning touchdown. After the game unlike the previous meeting between these teams Coach Penning showed sportsmanship to Highland and was very proud of his son. Rick was an undisciplined teenager mainly because of his father. His father was all about physical intimidation, unsportsmanlike behavior, and etc., so it rubbed off on him. The worst thing that could happen was the best thing that happened to him. Going to the juvenile center and with the help of Marcus, he was able to continue playing rugby but for Highland which was his rival team. Highland was all about sportsmanship, being great young men, fair competition, and being a family. He hated it at first but Kurt turned him around and brought him into being a true member of the team. I was glad to see Rick turn his life around because it was headed into the wrong direction and all he needed was some help and positive attention.