Ed (Hector Elizondo) says to Mike (Tim Allen) that he doesn't think Eve (Kaitlyn Dever) should join the boy's high school football team as the place kicker. Hector Elizondo also starred in Necessary Roughness (1991) as the Head Coach of a struggling men's college football team. In that movie Hector Elizondo's character, also named Ed, resists adding a woman (Kathy Ireland) to the men's team as a place kicker. It is also noteworthy that both female characters portray talented soccer players in their respective roles.