Charles Barkley might become a television analyst for the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV golf tour. He told the New York Post that he recently had dinner with LIV CEO Greg Norman about the job.
Here’s hoping he doesn’t take it.
This is not because of the ethical issues of being employed by a repressive regime looking to use golf to improve its image. Barkley is correct when he dismissed heated criticism of the tour as “selective outrage.”
“I told [Norman], ‘Listen, they are making up words like ‘blood money’ and ‘sports washing,’” Barkley told the newspaper.