noahsteinbeck This show is called Ballers, and it's supposed to be about Football.I watched the first 3 episodes, and they didn't play football.Then I read the summary it's about a former football superstar, that's why there not playing football.Sense there not playing football, and it's about a former football superstar, they shouldn't call it Ballers.This title is lieing.Because, it tells you it involves football, but they never 0lay football.

thebricks Wrote a review previously, but after watching the last episode, I think I've kind of figured this show and Entourage out. They're basically kid's shows for adults. Everyone has a happy ending. Everyone! No one is allowed to stay poor or fail in these shows. People get richer and happier on these shows, they don't lose anything or stay in the same place. I think where Entourage and Ballers messes up is that the supporting characters always end up getting better positions in life, in spite of the person they are. I couldn't believe it when I saw that the Rams made Charles a GM three years after retiring as a player. I mean, the way Charles is written, can anyone see him being a GM? The dude is a GOOF. He is mentally slow. No one would take him seriously as a GM. I'm looking at Martin Mayhew, former GM of the Detroit Lions, former NFL player, retired in 1996, went to law school, graduated in 2000, worked for the Lions and it took about eight years for him to become the GM, and he still was terrible!Then you have Spence, the Rock's character. This is just Dwayne Johnson vicariously living out a fantasy of his, having a successful career in the NFL, coming out, becoming a financial adviser, then magically buying out the owner and running the place himself. What a freaking fantasy. Oh yeah, he's the financial adviser with a heart of gold. Future pro athletes reading this, don't trust financial advisers, just a word of advice. They're not like Spence.I actually think this could be a great show without the Rock and the cheesy, unrealistic writing. There needs to be some balance; I want to see a couple people get ripped off, go broke, just fail in life. If you want someone to become a GM in their twenties or a coach, at least explain how they did it, rationally. What a lot of people don't see about this show that most adults can is that many of the people these athletes are around only care about them for their money. The viewers really should see what happens to these guys when the money stops coming in and reality dawns on them for the first time.

swilliky Living the high life with wealthy football players doesn't always come easy for Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), financial advisors and former pro player. Strasmore and his high energy fellow adviser Joe (Rob Corddry) work with the wealthy the players to manage their wealth but this turns out to be very stressful and sometimes even downright physically painful. The show juggles wealth, sports, and the background dealings of the NFL right in time for the new season.This season still follows the other players and former players like my favorite Ricky Jerret (John David Washington), Charles Greene (Omar Benson Miller), and Vernon Littlefield (Donovan W. Carter. Ricky has to deal with negotiating with various teams and his father's boisterous twitter account to find a team that will pay him what he's worth. Charles failed to return to the league as a player but gets a chance to work as an offensive line manager. Vernon suffers an injury during paintball and worries about his future prospects.Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson returns to HBO for another season as the stressed out money manager Spencer Strasmore. His ambition grows this year with an ultimate goal of bringing a football team to Las Vegas. His clients have an endless list of problems that demand his attention at the same time and Spencer relies on his partner Joe (Rob Corddry) to help him solve them but Joe doesn't always have the best solutions. Ricky Jerret (John David Washington) is trying to move to a new team, the Patriots, but is suffering some mental lapses. Charles Greane (Omar Benson Miller) has complications working in the front office for the Miami Dolphins. Vernon Littlefield (Donovan W. Carter) has been a troublesome client with his best friend Reggie (London Brown) and are getting into even more trouble when they invest in a weed business. All of these troubles are only magnified when Spencer's ambitious venture causes the lead to take stricter action against his clients. Ricky's mistake of entering another person's house and assaulting the teenage kid inside is made public. Vernon is drug tested by the NFL. Jason (Troy Garity) the agent recruits some new clients that have a unique way of testing their representation. Charles clashes with the GM Larry Siefert (Dulé Hill) and his wife Julie (Jazmyn Simon) doesn't always come up with the best solution. Mr. Anderson (Richard Schiff) becomes involved in the Vegas venture trying to woo wealthy investors including his brother.Check out more of this review and others at swilliky.com

fanita00 This is an HBO show on its second season. The show premise is about a retired and injured football player who decides to be an agent and help other players, in a sense, so they do not end up like he did. There is one thing about TV shows like these that try too hard to authenticate their story. It's when real- life people are hired to perform jobs they are not qualified to do such as acting. Each time a real-life footballer or coach shares the screen with someone like Andy Garcia, you can tell immediately the error of the producers or casting people. It is a huge mistake to put people on a show just because they are the real deal unless they can act. Watching this show can be painful especially for people that do not know about football players but like to watch a fun show. It made me cringe so bad today that I wanted to warn other viewers. I was watching S02-E03 today, and it was the big guy who hurt his Achilles heel that made me stop the show.