We knew at some point that Charles Barkley would retire from doing NBA-related things on TNT, but we had no clue it could happen as a result of a Saudi-backed circuit.
Last week, Charles Barkley informed the world he would be having dinner with LIV Golf executive Greg Norman this week. That dinner included a conversation about Barkley joining Norman’s organization as a broadcaster.
On Thursday, ‘The Next Round’ radio show co-host Lance Taylor shared the latest update about the situation.
“When we were out with him on Tuesday night, he said ‘Greg Norman is flying in tomorrow, we’re going to have dinner and discuss a couple things,’” Taylor explained to listeners.
“We met him after his dinner last night and said they had a really good conversation and Greg invited him to play in their pro-am at Trump’s course in New Jersey in two weeks, and he’s accepted.”
Barkley has agreed to play in the LIV’s next Pro-Am event. LIV Golf’s next event is set for July 29-31 at Trump Bedminster in New Jersey.
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One day before the meeting, Barkley joined Drew Stoltz and Gary McCord on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio to explain why he was willing to take a meeting with LIV Golf and what it could mean in terms of his relationship with Turner Sports.
“When you look at some of the numbers these guys are getting and the numbers that they’re throwing around, I would be foolish not to take the meeting,” Barkley told Stoltz and McCord.
“I have no idea how TNT is going to respond,” Barkley added of the meeting. “I don’t even know if they’ll let me do it. I might have to resign from TNT.”
“Some type of broadcasting would be fun,” Barkley told SiriusXM about potentially working with LIV Golf. “But if I’m gonna have to lose TNT and lose my sponsors, it will have to be something crazy numbers-wise. I’m taking this meeting, I got no idea what Greg’s gonna say to me, but if I’m going to lose TNT and my commercials, it will have to be a ridiculous number for me to move on.”
Barkley has three years left on his contract with Turner and he recently made it clear that he doesn’t have plans on continuing to be a broadcaster beyond his current deal.
