We have arrived in national spotlight. On Ballers tonight on HBO, the Rock is going to try buy the Chiefs. The storyline is the Hunts are upset over the Tyreek Hill incident and selling the team. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
I don't need your goddamn help
you don't need goddamn help, but conveying the message to others who don't want to be pinged by their web provider if they don't have a VPN subscription. [Reply]
Ballers uses the NFL teams and logos under fair use. As in, they do it without permission from the NFL. There's been a couple articles written about it. [Reply]
I welcome our new half-Black, half-Samoan, wrestling overlord and look forward to watching him hoist the next 12 Lombardi Trophies.
Ordering one "The Rock" jersey on NFL.com right now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by InChiefsHell:
I'm blissfully ignorant of this show. Is it like some alternate reality thing?
Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
Entourage but football centric
Picture mashing up Entourage and Jerry McGuire. [I mean, it's created/produced by Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg/Evan Reilly, if that doesn't tell the whole story]
Rock is a former small potato NFLer with promise who injured out before any big glory. His brother killed himself in college at USC due to pressure of high recruits. Rock teams up with a numbers man [Corddry] to try to 'go rogue' in various entrepreneurial ventures around today's sports media landscape.
Player agent
Online media startup
'Xtreem' games talent and product platform
B-stories revolve around clients and former clients, rival agents and former colleagues, power players and nemeses, etc. Always about the next big deal and all the hoops they have to go through to land the contract or deal or company that's vital to expanding their brand.
Same cars, booze, chicks and locales as Entourage. Same 'heart-to-hearts' and dramatic maneuvers as Jerry McGuire. A little light humor about hedonistic shenanigans [cheating, STDs, pregnancy scares, ridiculous shopping/purchases, stupid investments like bitcoin and sports drinks, etc] sprinkled in for variety.
Oh, and the opening credits is one of the view I still sit through every episode. Gets ya hyped.
Originally Posted by gblowfish:
Is Clark still lawyered up VS. the State of New Mexico? Don't know if that whole thing has ever been resolved or not....
If I remember right, I read that he settled for basically peanuts compared to what it was supposedly over. [Reply]
