# Matthew McConaughey soccer movie based on true story suddenly canned

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**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607 "2022-09-15T09:27:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/21 "2022-09-15T21:43:22Z")

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The news articles talk about "“received disturbing allegations surrounding aspects of the true story on which the drama was based”. That seems to me like some of the players were abused by an adult involved with the team.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/22 "2022-09-15T21:46:48Z")

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The article in People Magazine (quoting the Daily Mail) has more information which bears out my speculation.

> According to The Daily Mail, the movie was scrapped after allegations against Kinder, 83, were sent to the production company. In a letter from an unknown source, Kinder was accused of calling players by “inappropriate nicknames” and touching one player “outside their clothes,”

> Talking to the outlet, the Dallas coach denied the accusations and said the letter “was pretty cryptic.” “There was nothing there, nothing ever happened,” he said.

> **[Matthew McConaughey Soccer Movie Scrapped amid 'Disturbing Allegations' About...](https://people.com/movies/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-scrapped-amid-disturbing-allegations-about-true-story-reports/)**
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> McConaughey was set to star as Bill Kinder, a legendary women's soccer coach from the '80s

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/23 "2022-09-15T23:18:11Z")

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What exactly does “outside their clothes” mean?

Like underneath their clothes, touching an exposed area like a leg or lower back, or they were in a shower and he touched them?

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/24 "2022-09-16T06:31:52Z")

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> [@Asuka](#):
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> What exactly does “outside their clothes” mean?

“Copping a feel”?

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