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The Post reported Barkley dined with LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman in Atlanta on Wednesday, adding, 'Norman is going to next prepare Barkley an offer.' Arlo White, formerly of NBC, also joined LIV. Some players have pointed to the lighter schedule of events as a tipping point in their decision.īroadcaster David Feherty is reportedly close to officially joining LIV from NBC Sports.
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The LIV Golf Series began in June, paying immense, guaranteed contracts to golfers to join the new tour and leave the established PGA Tour membership behind. 'When you look at some of the numbers that they guys are getting and at the numbers they're throwing around, I would be foolish not to take the meeting.' I need to kinda - I need the money they throwing around though. When McCord asked if he needed the money, Barkley responded: 'Hey, I don't need the money. I don't even know if they'll let me do it,' Barkley told McCord. Because like I say, I have no idea how TNT is going to respond. that's why this whole thing is fascinating for me to give up. On Tuesday, the New York Post reported Barkley plans to play in LIV's event next week at the Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.Ī controversial move as the LIV Tour has become the biggest rival of the PGA Tour, the main organizer of men's golf tours in North America, as prominent players - like Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy - have been critical of the Saudi Arabia-funded circuit, calling it a money grab.Īs for broadcasting, Barkley has a three-year contract worth $30 million with TNT, working multiple events including the Emmy-winning 'Inside the NBA' studio show alongside fellow sportscasters, Ernie Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal.īut Barkley has hinted he's not worried about losing his TNT contract, or how Turner's sponsors would feel about it, saying he's 'fascinated' by the idea of joining the LIV Tour. I don't know if TNT would let me do it, to be honest with you,' the former NBA star, who is worth an estimated $50 million, said. Speaking on Gary McCord's SiriusXM radio show, Barkley, 59, said TNT might not allow him to put his wicked slice on display in the LIV Golf Series. Just for Ernestine’s sake could he please stop using the k-word, please no more kill.”īayless said he didn’t want to make this call because he didn’t want to give Barkley the impression that he was “running scared.” He felt that after Wildhack called Levy, the shots from Barkley only “intensified.TNT sports analyst Charles Barkley has admitted he might have to resign from his $30 million contract with the network if he joins the LIV tour. “He can rip, he can slash, he can say whatever he wants. “I said look, I don’t care about any of the other criticism,” Bayless recalled. There have been myriad variations of Barkley’s violent wishes for Bayless, dating back at least to 2005.īayless said he enlisted former ESPN executive and current Syracuse AD John Wildhack to lobby former Turner Sports boss David Levy to try to get Barkley to ease up. Last year, Barkley said he wanted to put the “Undisputed” host in a full body cast. In 2017, he told Dan Patrick that if he had a terminal illness, he fantasized about killing Bayless on his way out. He has hurt my wife deeply.”īarkley has talked about wanting to kill Bayless with regularity. “If that were Charles’ goal from the start, if that was his goal, then I congratulate him,” Bayless continued. Skip Bayless Show Charles Barkley NBAE via Getty Images Skip Bayless wants Charles Barkley to stop talking about wanting to kill him. And this haunts her, this hurts her, because she believes that in the end, Charles Barkley would have my blood on his hands. “To her, he is just pure evil, that he is depraved, that he is a scumbag and she fears that one day, Charles will somehow … inspire some other nut to end my life. “ My wife Ernestine has believed for 15 years, that Charles Barkley is nothing but a sick individual,” Bayless said. Skip Bayless doesn’t mind criticism from Charles Barkley, but wishes the former “Round Mound of Rebound” would stop talking about killing him.īayless explained on his podcast, “The Skip Bayless Show,” that his wife, Ernestine, has been concerned about how Barkley regularly and casually talks about wanting to kill him. Vin Scully’s greatness would not be accepted today Intentional car crash saved this ex-Patriot from Bill Belichick’s wrath Joe Buck could never get Vin Scully to take him up on this offer TV host’s bizarre take on Aaron Rodgers: ‘I like my athletes married to strong women’