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 You won't believe this: Charles Barkley has said something controversial...about race.
ESPN.com is reporting that Barkley, a former Auburn Tigers star, is ripping his school for choosing Iowa State's Gene Chizik as its new football coach over Buffalo coach Turner Gill.
Barkley believes the school didn't pick Gill because he's black.
"I think race was the No. 1 factor," said Barkley, who played basketball for three seasons at Auburn during the early 1980s. "You can say it's not about race, but you can't compare the two resumes and say [Chizik] deserved the job. Out of all the coaches they interviewed, Chizik probably had the worst resume." ...
Barkley, who works as an NBA analyst for Turner Network Television, said he spoke with Gill before Gill interviewed with Auburn officials last week.
"We talked about the whole race thing in Alabama," Barkley said. "I told him it's there and it's going to be anywhere you go. I told him you can't not take the job because of racism. He was worried about being nothing more than a token interview. He was concerned about having a white wife. It's just very disappointing to me."
This is why Charles is the best. Whether you agree with him or not, he tells you what he thinks and is unapologetic about it. If more athletes were like this, hot button issues like race wouldn't be so taboo. And maybe, with a wide-open discussion, we'd be able to accomplish more.
Just saying...
What do you think of Barkley's comments? Sound off respectfully here.
Message Edited by Lee_Russakoff on 12-15-2008 02:31 PM
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