Charles Barkley calls NCAA a 'bunch of idiots and fools' amid current NIL landscape

Charles Barkley is not a fan of the NCAA s management of NIL and the transfer portal Barkley didn t mince words when talking about the current state of college basketball The NCAA they re a bunch of idiots and fools They have ruined the sport I don't know how you put the toothpaste back into the tube Barkley commented during a up-to-date appearance on OutKick s Don t Me with Dan Dakich CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMBarkley isn t opposed to college players getting paid but has trouble making sense as to how much money players are making and how frequently players can now switch schools This notion that you have to come up with tens of millions of dollars to pay kids to play basketball and have them be free agents every year and transfer to another school and get more money every year Like we don't even get to do that in the NBA Can you imagine if players in the NBA got to be a free agent every year I'm not opposed to players getting paid I want to make that clear Barkley revealed But this notion we gotta give college kids tens of millions of dollars a year and basketball is the worst because you're only gonna get a great sportsman for six months I don't even see how you're gonna get the return on outlay CHARLES BARKLEY RAISES CONCERNS FOR BILL BELICHICK AS FORMER NFL COACH'S PERSONAL LIFE THRUST INTO SPOTLIGHTBarkley was petitioned whether he would ever donate to his alma mater Auburn to help its NIL fund but the Basketball Hall of Famer would rather donate his money to more critical causes I just gave million dollars to HBCU's that stuff is way more central to me I just gave a couple million dollars to Blight in my hometown of Birmingham to rebuild houses Barkley declared That stuff is way more major to me than joining the cesspool that is college athletics We're such a s----- country Dan We have ruined college athletics and I don't wanna even get in that cesspool If even the -time All-Star were to give money to Auburn's NIL fund he isn t sure how he would get his return on capital If I give a guy three or four five seven certain guys are getting six seven eight million dollars I'm not sure how I get my return on funding if he's only going to be at my college for one year and you're ostensibly not going to win the championship Barkley reported Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter