Elk's eye

It's actually perfect. This man had been severely hurt by his alcoholic father, yet he makes an effort to reach out to the same demographic as his dad, and create a space for them to connect and make friendships. Pelican Town is a place that lacks male spaces greatly. A lot of them are either family-based (ie the festivals) or more popular around women or religious folk. Alex goes forth and improves the community by creating a space where all men of Pelican Town can participate, if not to watch gridball then just to talk and hang out. George can participate too because the main activity isn't physical as most men's activities tend to be. The men of Pelican Town are truly encouraged to sit down and talk in this space, instead of filling their time with physical activity. All the while Alex goes through subtle character development himself, by going to a space his father would've been a regular at, and making it better.

Because it feels awesome to see your culture being an inspiration, even in a subtle way. Because ya'll Euro-centric folk are the inspiration so often, you mistake inspiration of other cultures as cultural appropriation saying "it doesn't give credit". The visual is the credit, the respect is the credit. A creator being inspired by an aspect of culture is the credit.