Charles Barkley Confirms Conversation With Controversial Saudi-Backed LIV Golf League, Says He’d Leave TNT If Saudis Triple His Salary
deadline.comRumors have swirled of late that the latest big name who may decamp to the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour is TNT NBA analyst and onetime owner of the worst swing in golf, Charles Barkley.PGA legend Greg Norman is the league’s CEO, and big name U.S.
players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson have already signed on for eye-popping sums. Tiger Woods turned LIV down.Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and questions about the country’s ties to the Sept.
11 attacks have many reluctant to partner LIV for any price. Indeed, families of 9/11 victims have called the decision to go forward this weekend with an LIV tournament at Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey, not far from where the attacks took place, “offensive, disrespectful and hurtful.”As a result, no U.S.
broadcaster or cable outlet has made a deal with LIV Golf as of yet. The outfits events can only be watched via stream on LIVGolf.com and its YouTube and Facebook pages.Even so, British broadcaster Arlo White signed on with the league earlier this year, with NBC’s golf analyst David Feherty following suit.
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