Charles Barkley calls NCAA a 'bunch of idiots and fools' amid current NIL landscape
Charles Barkley is not a fan of the NCAA s management of NIL and the transfer portal Barkley didn t mince words when talking about the current state of college basketball The NCAA they re a bunch of idiots and fools They have ruined the sport I don't know how you put the toothpaste back into the tube Barkley announced during a latest appearance on OutKick s Don t Me with Dan Dakich CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMBarkley isn t opposed to college players getting paid but has trouble making sense as to how much money players are making and how frequently players can now switch schools 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 I'm not opposed to players getting paid I want to make that clear Barkley declared But this notion we gotta give college kids tens of millions of dollars a year and basketball is the worst because you're only gonna get a great participant for six months I don't even see how you're gonna get the return on capital CHARLES BARKLEY RAISES CONCERNS FOR BILL BELICHICK AS FORMER NFL COACH'S PERSONAL LIFE THRUST INTO SPOTLIGHTBarkley was urged whether he would ever donate to his alma mater Auburn to help its NIL fund but the Basketball Hall of Famer would rather donate his money to more pivotal causes I just gave million dollars to HBCU's that stuff is way more critical to me I just gave a couple million dollars to Blight in my hometown of Birmingham to rebuild houses Barkley disclosed That stuff is way more significant to me than joining the cesspool that is college athletics We're such a s----- country Dan We have ruined college athletics and I don't wanna even get in that cesspool If even the -time All-Star were to give money to Auburn's NIL fund he isn t sure how he would get his return on resources If I give a guy three or four five seven selected guys are getting six seven eight million dollars I'm not sure how I get my return on financing if he's only going to be at my college for one year and you're likely not going to win the championship Barkley declared Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
