"Playmakers" on ESPN
 

OK, OK,.....I'll admit it...I'm STARVED for episodic TV!! (I need Soul Food back pronto!)


Has anyone checked out Playmakers on ESPN? I've watched the first three episodes. It definitely has an "Any Given Sunday" feel and I was grossed out at the lengths one player went to to beat the drug test.:eek:

Anyway, guys and girls...weigh in if you're watching.

http://espn.go.com/eoe/playmakers/index.html

I watched with my boyfriend. I guess I kind of liked the show. Oh no he's rubbing off on me.

I saw one episode so far and I love it!

Sports talk guys
 

Here in LoCal were ripping on the show. They even suggested that real NFL players should boycott ESPN and that the league should fine the network for "conduct detrimental to the league" by running the show. Oh please. :rolleyes:

It's entertainment, and if you don't like it, turn off your station (in my worst Mike Tyson voice). ;)

I like the show. That was crazy what he had to go through just to pass his drug test. I don't understand why the NFL is making a big deal out of it. It's just TV. They even have a disclaimer that they show at the begining of wach episode.
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This the ONLY time I'll willingly watch ESPN

Sounds like something I need to check out.

Does it only come on on Wednesdays? What time, EST please? :D

I saw the show and I liked it. It is entertainment and though it is a little bit on the graphic side while depicting the most popular sport for now, it is not worse than the violent mess that comes on other stations or the sexy mess that comes on during the middle of the day for everyone to see. Besides, I saw multiple naked little man buns . . . and that just added to the show's entertainment value. http://www.superbabies.homestead.com/files/naughty.gif

New episodes air Tuesdays at 9PM EST.

cool so watch that at 9 and then flip to Bravo at 10. :D

How long has this show been on? Or maybe I should just click the link that Soror provided. :)


I DID IT!! LOL

Okay I can catch the first 2 episodes tomorrow so I can be caught up with you all.

http://espn.go.com/eoe/playmakers/schedule.html

I like the show. It's cool. It gives me a behind-the-scenes look into the "NFL." Not to mention I get to look at some men.... :D

Yes, aside from the drama...the bun shots ARE a bonus:D

The NFL needs to stop being so "sensitive". I mean its "fiction", right? ....Me thinks they doth protest too much! This is a little too much reality for them!

Girl..YAAAAAAAAMEEEEENN!

When they showed Omar Gooding's bootay...WOOOOHOOOOW!!!! I just hope it wasn't a body double..if so, oh well....I'm still lookin'! LOL!

I like this show. I liked "Any Given Sunday", so I knew this was gonna be a winner. But I wonder about the subject matters for later on in the season :confused: ...I mean, they already talked about serious injuries and drug use....those are biggies.

Question?
 

During the first episode there is a scene during breakfast where three men sing while wearing only their jock straps. Did anyone else notice that the middle man throws up the sign for Omega Psi Phi? I thought I was seeing things so I played it back in slow motion. This is another example of people copying Steve McNair when they shouldn't.

If anyone else, did catch this what did you think?

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I was so busy looking at finely tuned buns http://www.superbabies.homestead.com/files/naughty.gif that I didn't see the boy shooting the funk, but I am quite certain that Steve McNair is not the only member of a NPHC fraternity that is throwing up all kinds of things when he does something great . . . or even when he does something half great . . . or even when they do nothing at all -- just shooting and throwing and showing whatever they've got.

Anybody who is not hip to watching football, do it please. Watching football is like watching a big giant fit men catalog. They even show the faces of the boys in between plays so that you can see the mug that goes with the body. Oh boy, I love football.

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I saw that too...I dunno, he might have been copying Steve McNair or he might have actually been an Omega. They cut away quickly.

I thought that was a Gooding....I kept saying he looks like Cuba, but I didn't catch his name on the credits. Nice butt shot.


Isn't it interesting.....the women are the only ones who have checked in on this thread so far;)

Dayum, lemme find out this is another show I needs to check out.:)

I agree. I was squirming watching what he had to go through.

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Yeah, I know that. I just used McNair since he is a member of Omega Psi Phi and that was the sign that the man threw up.

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Hopefully, the injury-prone QB for the Titans is going to have something to shoot the sign about. I am not as hyped about the Titans since Eddie George turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. If he wins a championship, then he is going to have something to shoot the funk about . . . like Shaq.

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Shaq has three reasons to shoot the funk, but he betta come back this year and do a 4th....:mad:

I watched it last night. My my my . . . .

Omar Gooding with braids -- not too shabby atall . . .muscles and stuh :o

I really enjoyed the show and cannot wait to see next week as well as watch the first 2 eps.

Oh and old boy who hurt his wife. . . he would have been next morning's breakfast. :mad:

Good show. My husband and I have been watching it. I keep trippin' though that this show is a fairly real portrayal. I can't believe that these athletes are getting away with all the drug use and stuh.

I like the show as well, my husband turned me on to it. But what I want to know is why in the he** is Omar Gooding body double twice as black as he. Come on can we get a double who is somewhat his color. Thats like Will Smith being the body double for Joe Montana. The show is good, I need something to watch since "Making The Band" going off. :(

Tonight's episode -- :eek: :eek: :eek:

Okay ALOT was going on!! I wanna beat down that reporter Samantha. She needs to take it to the school yard with her and whoop her a** now! I was glad the bald guy with the father problems got him a woman.

I'm glad Olczyk got him a woman...I thought he was going to hit on Leon's wife Robin, for a minute. Now he needs to work on his rage problems.

Leon and Robin: Its a shame that they have to be forced to deal with his spousal abuse problem in the media, especially since they both don't want to but have taken steps to address the issue privately. I can't figure out why he was being arrested for it in the next episode,

How about that Stoned Cold Hype DH....do you see him stealing the sick kids meds next week?! :eek:
Its time to suspend his azz! :mad:

And lets not forget the player in the closet....he may be outed next week.

They need to get back to Coach George's medical problem. It looks like they will address it next week.

All in all....I'm enjoying this series

Guest Appearance
 

On October 28, Snoop Dogg will appear in ESPN's original television series "Playmakers." The network's first dramatic series chronicles the adventures of a fictional professional football team both on and off the field. Executives plan to reprise the role if the program is renewed for another season.

Who is Snoop going to play? He's far too scrawny to play a football player. :o

Re: Guest Appearance
 

DRUG DEALER!! :o

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You know, I was thinking the same thing but was trying to give Snoop the benefit of the doubt.

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shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii we don't love em!! :p

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Will he be bringing the "girls" on the leashes?:rolleyes: :p

I hope Snoop leaves the "girls" @ home!

Anyhoo, I find this show very interesting.

Dh know he was wrong for taking that little boy's pain medication.
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Snoop is actually going to play DH's brother.

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I was close. ;) :p

Sorry, Soror, but that was a double. A nice double, but a double. Omar is not that in-shape.

My husband and I were joking about the same thing! ~lol

I don't know who watched it with SnoopTuesday but this show is GOOD! I really enjoyed his role it was a change for him. However, last week though the "gay" episode" was the best. I love this show!