Watch "Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - How much did Charles Barkley lose by returning to TNT? "A minimum of $100 million. A minimum." Barkley explains why he chose to return to Turner Sports as a broadcasting free agent. "The number-one thing for me is that my people at Turner get to keep their jobs another year."" on Streamable.
Why would ESPN or NBC pay TNT to produce the show when they already have people that can do the job, in their definition, on their payroll?