zezxzBtoNBA•Charles Barkley says he left $100 million on the table to return to Turner Sports so his people there could keep their jobs for another yearEnglish
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2 months agoLol at the time he signed the contract they hadn’t already lost the show, this is hardly rocket science. At the time of negotiation he on some level likely assumed (or was led to believe) that TNT would successfully bid for the NBA rights if he re-upped.
I responded to this comment being snarky earlier (and deleted it to make sure I was justified), and just gotta say my bad, I wasn’t justified at all and your take does nail the issue