disgusting, overrated, pointless

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Good show I love the rock he is such a good actor.................

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.

This isn't for everyone but if if you like Dwayne Johnson you will find this enjoyable enough. The show isn't as good as the rocks other productions but it is better than all shows on hbo now! The characters are likable enough and you have some sympathy for them(at least most characters). As a football fan I understand this enough,and Johnson is likable enough. There are many flaws but overall a good enough show!

Ballers is a view into the fantasy land of being an NFL player, but not everything is champagne and caviar in the mean and nasty pro sports landscape. The show is flat for me because a) the Rock is not believable as a financial adviser. Did he go into this line of work just because his name is Spencer Strasmore, and it sounds like a 200 year old blue blood investment bank? b) the guys on this show, no matter if they throw in some adversity, always get what they want in the end. Like Entourage.. Oh, a magic phone call came in from Dallas, they want to offer you asking price plus $10M. all is fine in the world again! oh you had unprotected sex with that random club girl? your STD test came back negative! no worries! c.) the actors don't seem to care that much. Rob Cordroy is OK, the boss is half decent, but the Jewish/Italian agent looks at the camera half the time, the Rock is playing himself yet again, and the famous guys they get on the show are always brutal.