The name " Necessary Roughness " refers to both a 1991 sports comedy film and a 2011–2013 TV drama.
This film is widely viewed as a "football version" of the baseball hit Major League . It follows the Texas State University Armadillos, a team forced to rebuild with a ragtag group of misfits after the previous squad was banned for NCAA violations. Necessary Roughness movie review - Roger Ebert Necessary Roughness