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I hate admitting it, but I'm enjoying this show more than True Detective S2 at this point. Even though this basically feels like Entourage 2.0 (which shouldn't be surprising), it's still just more entertaining.
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pentyne posted:It's pretty hosed up but every incoming player should be getting a seminar/meeting about their new financial status and what they need to do short and long term. The 30 for 30 ESPN highlighted how completely unprepared most players are for the realities of hundred of thousands of dollars being immediately available to them and how some of them don't even open bank accounts. There's actually some work on this being done. Miami just opened up an MBA program specifically for athletes (in fact I think specifically for football players) - it's a small program, but it's a start. I think the NBA offers some level of financial education to players as well, not sure at what point in a player's career it becomes available though. You're right in that people are completely unprepared, in a way it's a lot like lottery winners - you've got people who generally did not come from money and have no idea how to handle it responsibly all of a sudden being given a massive, albeit temporary (for most) income. Too many athletes treat that income as if it will last forever, whereas in reality the Jordans, Farves, and Tigers of the world are few and far between.
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Jul 20, 2015 07:46
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The chick that took the photos and is extorting Vernon, have we been introduced to her yet? The Rock said he knows her, trying to figure out if she's a new character or not.
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Jul 21, 2015 04:41
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savinhill posted:It's Reggie that's behind it all Is this a guess or is this something I completely missed?
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Jul 21, 2015 11:15
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CalvinandHobbes posted:the clue is reggie was by his side the entire night but mysteriously doesn't appear in any pictures. He is in one of the pictures though.
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Jul 21, 2015 20:45
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a nigga who smoke posted:the Jay Glazer/Ricky Jarrett interview is fantastic. Best non-Rob Corrdry related scene by far. Roman Reigns posted:Yeah they had me going for a bit in thinking Ricky was going to botch the interview Willing to bet that's going to come back to bite him at some point. Either the mysterious #81 isn't his actual dad, Ricky never called him to begin with, or the dad did reach out at some point and Ricky rejected him out of spite, or Ricky's mom was lying about his dad because his real dad disappeared for some reason (prison, already married and the mom was a mistress, etc.)
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Jul 27, 2015 16:53
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I also remember him looking at an old picture in his 'trophy room' that could've been his father. Huh, I don't remember this.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:25
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Zero One posted:The Rock may not be a good financial advisor. Some clues: At that level, though, it's a way in to a very exclusive club - if someone wants to develop a network of individuals quickly to offer them a product or service, find someone they can identify with. It's no different than having exclusive memberships to whatever clubs are appropriate to your industry. It's a way to start a conversation.
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Jul 29, 2015 22:56
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Golden Bee posted:He LOANED Vernon the money. I'd disagree, none of the protagonists seem to be particularly bad at their jobs - Spencer has been successful at introducing people to Joe, plus he's helped Ricky out with the PR thing. We haven't really seen Joe work yet, just party, have we? And the agent did get Vern a big bump on the contract - may not be what Vern wanted but gently caress, sometimes expectations are unrealistic. So far nobody here really seems like a major antagonist besides Reggie - hell, the shady lawyer calmed down to $150k. It's still a shakedown, yeah, and we're not supposed to like the guy. Even Reggie, at worst, is just feeding off of Vern. Doesn't seem to be actively trying to sabotage him. This is Entourage: Football Edition. Entourage had no real antagonists for the first season, it was a warm up lap, and I'm expecting exactly the same here.
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Jul 30, 2015 01:16
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His job isn't to be good with money. It's to introduce the guys who are good with money to football players.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:34
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Binary Logic posted:Was there any point to introducing Jason the agent's mother's relationship with a younger man trying to get into pro golf? One of the big criticisms of Entourage, especially the early seasons, was that Vince was the only person who had any real character development, and arguably Ari. In later seasons the other characters got fleshed out but early on it was definitely the Vince and Ari show, oh and some other guys. Personally, I think the pictures, the MRI, the golf thing, etc. are all attempts to mitigate that criticism from coming up again. HBO knows exactly what worked and what didn't in Entourage, and they're trying to improve on the formula.
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Aug 8, 2015 17:59
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savinhill posted:Is it a known thing that Rock is only gonna be on the first season? if so, thats not good for this show It'd be news to me, and I can't find out anything about it online.
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Aug 8, 2015 23:54
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Huh. Just noticed that Spencer Strasmore is listed as an associate producer on this show. Weird but neat.
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