Charles Barkley: The NBA doesn't really care about anything but how to make the most money possible
Charles Barkley: [The NBA] don’t really care about anything but how to make the most money possible. We should never put money above the regular fan. Everybody can’t afford streaming. There’s nothing wrong with streaming, but when you start just going to the highest bidder and you’re not on regular television, I think you do a disservice to the fan.
Source: Sports Business Journal
Source: Sports Business Journal
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Dalton Johnson @DaltonJ_Johnson
New Dubs Talk!
We hit on Team USA vs. Canada, what it was like watching Cooper Flagg and then what Charles Barkley had to say about Klay Thompson and the Warriors to @MontePooleNBCS podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dub… – 11:14 AM
New Dubs Talk!
We hit on Team USA vs. Canada, what it was like watching Cooper Flagg and then what Charles Barkley had to say about Klay Thompson and the Warriors to @MontePooleNBCS podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dub… – 11:14 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Charles Barkley: “We should never put money above the regular fan. Everybody can’t afford streaming. There’s nothing wrong with streaming, but when you start just going to the highest bidder and you’re not on regular television, I think you do a disservice to the fan.” – 4:24 AM
Charles Barkley: “We should never put money above the regular fan. Everybody can’t afford streaming. There’s nothing wrong with streaming, but when you start just going to the highest bidder and you’re not on regular television, I think you do a disservice to the fan.” – 4:24 AM
Chris Sheridan @sheridanhoops
Was great speaking with Clyde Drexler about his memories of the 1992 Olympics, including a terrific golf story from Monaco involving Charles Barkley, David Robinson and a steep cliff: legends-mag.com/legends/clyde-… – 11:07 PM
Was great speaking with Clyde Drexler about his memories of the 1992 Olympics, including a terrific golf story from Monaco involving Charles Barkley, David Robinson and a steep cliff: legends-mag.com/legends/clyde-… – 11:07 PM
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“Well, I think that you got greedy players and greedy owners,’’ Barkley said today. “They don’t really care about anything but how to make the most money possible. We should never put money above the regular fan. Everybody can’t afford streaming. There’s nothing wrong with streaming, but when you start just going to the highest bidder and you’re not on regular television, I think you do a disservice to the fan. “But in fairness, the players want to make as much money as possible. The owners want to make as much money as possible. But … the fan’s always the most important thing. No matter how much money you make, if the people are not watching, it’s a lose-lose proposition.’’ -via Sports Business Journal / July 12, 2024
Once the BOG approves the deal, the league is expected to formally deliver the official packages to incumbent partner WBD on Wednesday, who will then have five days to match or try to match, a scenario the network’s most popular studio analyst, Charles Barkley, hopes can play out. “Well, I really feel bad for everybody at TNT, all the people I’ve been working with for the last 24 years, they’re like family to me,’’ Barkley told CNBC today at the American Century Celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. “I really hope we match. Honestly in my heart, I think we have lost the package. That’s my honest opinion. But I really hope we get a last-minute reprieve for the people at Turner.’’ -via Sports Business Journal / July 12, 2024
Speaking at the American Century Celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Barkley told CNBC: “The main reason I was talking about next year being my last year — I wouldn’t feel comfortable going to work for another network. It’ll be 25 years that I’ve been working with Turner, and I love everybody at Turner, but at this age [61] to go and start over, I don’t know if I want to do that.” -via Sports Business Journal / July 12, 2024