Putting the "Real" in Reality Show

Tell me if this doesn’t sound like an MTV Reality show waiting to happen.

A young man works his way through spring drills, beats out six other kids to win the starting quarterback position, and sits poised to take his team to high-school glory. Enter the hotshot transfer with a famous father. All the attention shifts to the school’s new “golden boy”. The stage is set for serious drama right? Not yet.

Try throwing another superstar athlete’s quarterback son into the mix, and then remember this one other thing, a movie star’s son is that promising sophomore wide-receiver that college scouts are drooling over two years too early.

Now you’re just being ridiculous. Who would believe this story?

I do and so should you according to the new enrollment documents at Oaks Christian School in California. The upscale private school that produced Notre Dame quarterback Jimmie Clausen now has a quarterback battle that includes several high-profile last names.

Here is the cast for a sure to be MTV reality show:

The quarterback from the scenario that won the job in spring drills is last year’s transfer Tony Macarena. Macarena transferred to Oaks Christian from St. Bonaventure and won the job from a six-way battle. The feelings of having earned his spot and the new guys stealing his thunder could make him into the scorned upperclassman with a major chip on his shoulder.

The Transfer with the famous father is none other than Trevor Gretzky. Name ring a bell? I am sure that it does if you have turned on a television set in the last 20 years. Trevor is the son of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. Trevor is no slouch at the position. Neither is his sister, who is pretty much a super-model with an incredible golf swing. He will play the “golden boy” that everyone roots for because his dad is, well, to put it plainly, the “great one”.

Now it all gets hairy. Now the stuff hits the fan. Here comes the kid that has more pedigree than a fancy dog show. The latest transfer to Oaks Christian is none other than Nicholas Montana. The 6 foot 2, junior quarterback is the son of NFL Hall of Famer and four-time Super Bowl champion Joe Montana. Nick was the starting JV Quarterback at the NFL player factory known as Concord De La Salle last year before he decided to start looking at private schools with a more pass-oriented attack. After visiting Newbury Park High last week he filed his application to Oaks Christian creating a serious cluster of talent at the quarterback position for Coach Bill Redell.
Who’s the “golden boy” now Trevor?

Throw the name Trey Smith into the mix and now you have representation of “The Great One”, “The Comeback King” and “The Fresh Prince” all on the same team. How’s that for a royal lineage?
Trey Smith is the son of actor/entertainer Will Smith, and you can be sure he is a chip off the old block when it comes to a flare for entertainment. The sophomore Wide-out is pretty well recognized for his skills already, and will be the biggest weapon in the arsenal of whoever gets the starting job behind center this fall for Oaks Christian.

One thing is for darn sure. I would not want to be in Coach Redell’s shoes. No matter what choice he makes there is going to be some serious drama. I would look for one of the three QB’s to transfer while the other two have an old west shoot out at the Oaks Christian Corral this August.