{"id":22204,"date":"2022-07-22T10:52:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/charles-barkley-questions-liv-golf-criticism-as-he-looks-into-role\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T10:52:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:52:44","slug":"charles-barkley-questions-liv-golf-criticism-as-he-looks-into-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/charles-barkley-questions-liv-golf-criticism-as-he-looks-into-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Barkley questions LIV Golf criticism as he looks into role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Why the PGA and media shouldn\u2019t underestimate LIV Golf\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Charles Barkley says he wants to continue with his current job as an analyst for &#8220;Inside the NBA&#8221; while also pursuing other opportunities, such as commentating for LIV Golf. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Barkley told the New York Post that he recently had dinner with LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to possibly discuss a broadcasting role with the Saudi-backed tour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before that meeting, he met with others in the industry, including Bryant Gumbel, Michael Wilbon and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIn a perfect scenario, I would love to do both,\u201d Barkley told The New York Post.  \u201cI don&#8217;t know how Turner&#8217;s sponsors are going to feel about it.  I know there is going to be some blowback.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">REPORT:<\/strong>Charles Barkley to play in LIV Golf pro-am at Trump Bedminster event<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">SPORTS NEWSLETTER:<\/strong>Sign up now to get daily updates sent to your inbox<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Saudi Arabia has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, including politically motivated killings, torture, forced disappearances and inhumane treatment of prisoners.  And members of the royal family and Saudi government were accused of involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Barkley said he wasn&#8217;t going to have &#8220;selective outrage&#8221; about looking into the chance to make more money. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI told [Norman,]\u201d Barkley said.  \u201c&#8217;Listen, they are making up words, like &#8216;blood money&#8217; and &#8216;sportswashing.&#8217;  I said, &#8216;We have all taken &#8216;blood money&#8217; and we all have &#8216;sportswashed&#8217; something so I don&#8217;t like those words, to be honest with you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_cp\" aria-label=\"For USA TODAY subscribers\" data-c-cta=\"PREMIUM CONTENT\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw\"><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/07\/21\/USAT\/0cf68746-fe50-47b1-9d53-2eefaae1996a-USATSI_18578867.jpg?crop=3626,2720,x464,y0&amp;width=258&amp;height=193&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/07\/21\/USAT\/0cf68746-fe50-47b1-9d53-2eefaae1996a-USATSI_18578867.jpg?crop=3626,2720,x464,y0&amp;width=516&amp;height=386&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIf you are in pro sports, you are taking some type of money from not a great cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer makes $10 million a year at Turner Sports and millions more from numerous sponsors.  Those sponsors had a word with Barkley, but he told them he hasn&#8217;t made any official decision or signed a contract with LIV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI&#8217;m a Nike guy, also, so I&#8217;m not going to do that thing where I pick and choose what I&#8217;m outraged about, where my money comes from,\u201d Barkley said. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t think that it&#8217;s fair.  I think that makes you a hypocrite. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cAnd let&#8217;s be fair, all these golf tours have played in Saudi Arabia and China.  That was my point.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/28\/USAT\/3eded726-2955-48ec-86b6-58f9afc1c343-C01_Brooks_Koepka.JPG?crop=3248,1827,x351,y178&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/28\/USAT\/3eded726-2955-48ec-86b6-58f9afc1c343-C01_Brooks_Koepka.JPG?crop=3248,1827,x351,y178&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Barkley says he wants to continue with his current job as an analyst for &#8220;Inside the NBA&#8221; while also pursuing other opportunities, such as commentating for LIV Golf. Barkley told the New York Post that he recently had dinner with LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to possibly discuss a broadcasting role with the Saudi-backed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/charles-barkley-questions-liv-golf-criticism-as-he-looks-into-role\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Charles Barkley questions LIV Golf criticism as he looks into role<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21597,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/charles-barkley-slams-selective-outrage-hopes-to-do-tnt-liv-golf\/","url_meta":{"origin":22204,"position":0},"title":"Charles Barkley slams &#8216;selective outrage&#8217;, hopes to do TNT, LIV Golf","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After dining with LIV CEO Greg Norman Wednesday, Charles Barkley sounded like a man who would be willing to join the Saudi-backed tour as a broadcaster. 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