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NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley is one of the more vocal Auburn supporters in the national spotlight. However, his support does have boundaries.
In a recent episode of "Don't @ Me" with Dan Dakich from Outkick.com, Charles Barkley discussed the current landscape of the NCAA and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). In today's game, it is common for collegiate programs to spend over $1 million per year to build a roster that will compete for national championships. Barkley quickly shut down the idea of contributing to Auburn's NIL fund, citing that would not help his life in any way.
“I’d do anything for Auburn, within reason. But I’m not gonna give Auburn millions of dollars, so we can be good in football or basketball. That doesn’t help my life in any capacity," Barkley said.
Barkley went on to say that he has donated to HBCU's and charities in and around his hometown of Leeds, Alabama, once of which being "Blight", an organization that renovates homes in the Birmingham-metro area. He places those entities higher than college athletics, which he labels a "cesspool," due to the return on investment.
“This notion that you have to come up with tens of millions of dollars to pay kids to play basketball, and have them be free agents every year and transfer to another school and get more money every year. Like, we don’t even get to do that in the NBA. Can you imagine if players in the NBA got to be a free agent every year?" Barkley said. "I’m not opposed to players getting paid. I want to make that clear. But, this notion we got to give college kids tens of millions of dollars a year, and basketball is the worst because you’re only gonna get a great player for six months. I don’t even see how you’re gonna get the return on investment.”
Check out Barkley's full interview with Outkick below.
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In a recent episode of "Don't @ Me" with Dan Dakich from Outkick.com, Charles Barkley discussed the current landscape of the NCAA and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). In today's game, it is common for collegiate programs to spend over $1 million per year to build a roster that will compete for national championships. Barkley quickly shut down the idea of contributing to Auburn's NIL fund, citing that would not help his life in any way.
“I’d do anything for Auburn, within reason. But I’m not gonna give Auburn millions of dollars, so we can be good in football or basketball. That doesn’t help my life in any capacity," Barkley said.
Barkley went on to say that he has donated to HBCU's and charities in and around his hometown of Leeds, Alabama, once of which being "Blight", an organization that renovates homes in the Birmingham-metro area. He places those entities higher than college athletics, which he labels a "cesspool," due to the return on investment.
“This notion that you have to come up with tens of millions of dollars to pay kids to play basketball, and have them be free agents every year and transfer to another school and get more money every year. Like, we don’t even get to do that in the NBA. Can you imagine if players in the NBA got to be a free agent every year?" Barkley said. "I’m not opposed to players getting paid. I want to make that clear. But, this notion we got to give college kids tens of millions of dollars a year, and basketball is the worst because you’re only gonna get a great player for six months. I don’t even see how you’re gonna get the return on investment.”
Check out Barkley's full interview with Outkick below.
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