Charles Barkley spent over forty minutes with Waddle & Silvy this afternoon on ESPN Chicago. It was a wide-ranging interview which hit on the topics of Nick Saban’s retirement, college football recruiting, contracts, the G.O.A.T. of coaching, the Chicago Bulls, Aaron Rodgers and more.
Before wrapping up, the NBA Hall of Famer asked, “Can I take a shot at the NFL right now?”
As the hosts obliged, Barkley gave his opinion on the streaming-only playoff game, Saturday night on Peacock. “Showing this game not on cable, that’s low class,” Barkley began. “That’s not cool, they’re just being greedy pigs. I’m glad some NFL players are taking some shots at them.”
“I know the NFL is the biggest thing in the world,” he continued, “but to put this game on Peacock and make people have to buy Peacock, that’s just low class. I’m disgusted.”
Barkley said he would be unable to watch the game because he will be recording commercials for an upcoming Capital One campaign to air during March Madness. He said if he could watch it, he would just boycott.
“They sold the game for 110 million,” Barkley said. “And I know that’s a lot of money, but the NFL is making $20 billion a year. To screw your fans like that, it’s just not cool at all.”
As they wrapped up, Barkley added, “Thats just flat out greedy and I’m disappointed in the NFL.”
