Kinsella's link with baseball is based on his love of the game and the fact that his father once played and encouraged him to play professionally. As a farmer though, Kinsella has no definite link to the sport. The meaning suggested by this feature in both of the films is that sport means something even to those who do not play. This suggests that there is some universal quality about sports that gives it meaning to a range of individuals, whether they are players, coaches, or spectators. This same point is also emphasized in both films, though by very different methods. Most importantly, the different methods link to the different settings in each film.

             In Any Given Sunday, the film is set in the environment that focuses on the team's success as part of the National Football League (NFL). In this environment, the spectators have a direct interest in the success of the team, where a win for the team becomes a win for the spectator. This is seen in each of the NFL games, where the crowd makes it apparent that the sport is almost as important to the spectators as it is to the players. This is also emphasized by Christina Pagniacci's and her focus on what the fans wants from the team. Christina also partly offers the fan's perspective because of her focus on how the team overall achieves and how significant this is, regardless of what it means to individual players. This establishes that sport has a significance to individuals that does not require the individual to actually be part of the game. This implies that there is some universal quality about sport that links people together. The setting works in a similar way in Field of Dreams. The setting for the baseball game is Kinsella's farm in Ohio that he converts into a baseball diamond. This setting where a country farm becomes the place where the greats meet to play baseball suggests that sport means as much to average people as it does to professional players.