National Champions

IMDb 116 mins
Genre:
Drama, Sport,
Stars:
Stephan James J.K. Simmons Alexander Ludwig
Director:
Ric Roman Waugh
Country:
United States
Release:
10th December 2021
Synopsis:
Seventy-two hours before the championship game, Missouri Wolves Heisman-winning quarterback LeMarcus James vanishes from the team hotel with his best friend, tight end Emmett Sunday. LeMarcus drops a televised bombshell. He's organizing a players' strike of the game. LeMarcus demands that student-athletes be regarded as employees and be compensated as such. Consequently he starts the fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.