Charles Barkley lately dedicated to remaining at TNT even when the community loses its NBA broadcast rights, and he says he left an unlimited sum of cash on the desk by doing so.
In an look on the “Dan Le Batard Present with Stugotz” Tuesday, Barkley mentioned crucial factor to him when deciding to remain at TNT was that the folks he works with would get to maintain their jobs. The Corridor of Famer says that’s the major cause he selected to not depart his present place. Barkley was then requested how a lot cash he might have constituted of a rival community, and he mentioned he took “a minimal of $100 million” much less by remaining with TNT.
“A minimal of $100 million, a minimal. It was a fantastic feeling. I wish to thank all these networks for reaching out to me. It was actually humbling and funky, to be sincere with you,” Barkley mentioned. “Regardless that they have been throwing loopy numbers, I used to be like, ‘Rattling, so long as I acquired my folks secure at TNT, man, I really feel actually good.’ Like I say, they’re gonna pay me to go and speak about nothing, so I can’t look a present horse within the mouth. I in all probability woulda needed to do an sincere day’s work if I went to a type of different networks.”
