Barkley is not a fan of the NIL (name, image, likeness) deals college athletes can sign to make money while playing sports.
He also dislikes the transfer portal, which allows college athletes to change schools every year.
“I hate NIL because, No. 1, I think it’s going to have tremendous resentment among teammates. They’re going to be comparing who makes the most,” he said. “The transfer portal is going to be, they’re going to be cherry picking guys every single year now, like, how much are they paying you at this school? We need to give you more to come here.”
He said the NCAA is at fault for overly enforcing minor rules infractions in past years, such as coaches taking payers out to eat.
“The NCAA has nobody to blame but themselves because they’ve been boneheads forever. Suspending guys for getting a free meal, suspending guys for getting an extra pair of sneakers and stupid stuff like that. And now you’ve got the toothpaste out of the tube where every kid is going to the highest bidder,” he said. “These little schools, they got no chance going forward. They’ve got zero chance, because they’re not going to be able to pay what these big schools are going to pay.”
He also dislikes politicians and said they should be more concerned about gun and abortion laws than the NIL.
In Texas, legislators are discussing whether high school athletes should be allowed to also get NIL deals, like college athletes.
“Instead of passing sensible gun resolutions, they’re out here worrying about the NIL. Are you kidding me? They’re out here talking about abortion in 2022. They won’t pass not one single (law) making it hard to get an assault weapon, but they’re worried about the NIL? And they want to talk about abortion in 2022? That’s only because we’re just fools, the public,” he said.
“They know they’ve just got to say a couple of words to get your vote. They throw the word ‘conservative,’ ‘liberal,’ they throw it around. Those words should be outlawed, liberal, conservative. What are you actually going to do? We’ve got to realize these politicians, both parties, both parties are full of s***.”
He also dislikes the transfer portal, which allows college athletes to change schools every year.
“I hate NIL because, No. 1, I think it’s going to have tremendous resentment among teammates. They’re going to be comparing who makes the most,” he said. “The transfer portal is going to be, they’re going to be cherry picking guys every single year now, like, how much are they paying you at this school? We need to give you more to come here.”
He said the NCAA is at fault for overly enforcing minor rules infractions in past years, such as coaches taking payers out to eat.
“The NCAA has nobody to blame but themselves because they’ve been boneheads forever. Suspending guys for getting a free meal, suspending guys for getting an extra pair of sneakers and stupid stuff like that. And now you’ve got the toothpaste out of the tube where every kid is going to the highest bidder,” he said. “These little schools, they got no chance going forward. They’ve got zero chance, because they’re not going to be able to pay what these big schools are going to pay.”
He also dislikes politicians and said they should be more concerned about gun and abortion laws than the NIL.
In Texas, legislators are discussing whether high school athletes should be allowed to also get NIL deals, like college athletes.
“Instead of passing sensible gun resolutions, they’re out here worrying about the NIL. Are you kidding me? They’re out here talking about abortion in 2022. They won’t pass not one single (law) making it hard to get an assault weapon, but they’re worried about the NIL? And they want to talk about abortion in 2022? That’s only because we’re just fools, the public,” he said.
“They know they’ve just got to say a couple of words to get your vote. They throw the word ‘conservative,’ ‘liberal,’ they throw it around. Those words should be outlawed, liberal, conservative. What are you actually going to do? We’ve got to realize these politicians, both parties, both parties are full of s***.”
