Gridiron gang essay

Sean Porter was able to create a football team from a group of inmates and turn them into respectful, well-disciplined, responsible young men. At the end of the movie, it says where the real people that were portrayed in the movie are now, and Willie Weathers made it to the NFL and did not commit any crimes after he left the juvenile center.

There are many sociological concepts that this movie portray, specifically deviance and social control, due to it taking place in a juvenile center. Deviance is when a certain behavior is conducted that violates the standards of conduct, or the social norms in place.

An example from the movie would be when Sean Porter first gathered the inmates around and told them they were going to form a football team. A famous quote from the movie is said by Sean Porter, while he is addressing them inmates, “You do it my way, not your way. Your way got you here and you’re here because you lost.

Gridiron Gang, a sports/drama movie released in 2006, tells the story about Sean Porter, a counselor at a juvenile detention center and how he works to turn the young inmates into a football team. This movie is actually based on events that happened in real life.