From 'The Last Dance' to 'Full Swing', is the sports doc boom threatening to become a bust?

The revolution will not be televised. It will be streamed. Constantly, mindlessly, formulaically. Every single sport wants in. The Last Dance inspired a raft of legacy-affirming duplicates.

FUN TIMES: Ireland players and their manager Vera Pauw celebrate qualifying for women's World Cup in Australia. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

There was an agonising moment midway through RTÉ’s heartening documentary, ‘The Road Down Under’ in July. It came as Megan Campbell recalled her comeback to the Irish Women’s National Team after a two-and-a-half-year absence. A taxing mental and physical ordeal.

We know this because the Drogheda native’s parents, Eamon and Suzanne, outline it. “That was a horrible time for her,” her father explains. “Mentally, it was really, really tough.”