The second time you hit a woman you are banned for life. You let the legal process play out but you are suspended. What they should have done is very simple: The first time you hit a woman, you get suspended. “I am very disappointed in Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith. “They dropped the ball on this domestic violence thing,” Barkley said at the time. In 2014, Barkley criticized the NFL’s handling of violence against women, calling for both the NFL and NBA to hand down a lifetime ban for any player, coach, executive or owner who commits a second offense. However, the Inside the NBA analyst has at times leveraged his platform to speak out against domestic violence across sports. “Did you see my wife jumping up and down at the end of the game? That’s because she knew I wasn’t going to beat her.” “This is a game that if you lose, you go home and beat your wife and kids,” he said. The forward found himself in hot water while playing on the Philadelphia 76ers for similarly making light of domestic violence after a close win over the New Jersey Nets in 1990. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” “I am paid to wreak havoc on a basketball court,” Barkley said. “There’s no excuse for it and I apologize.”īarkley is no stranger to controversy, having traded on his anti-hero image during his playing days in a memorable 1993 ad campaign for Nike in which he declared: “I am not a role model”. “It was an attempted joke that wasn’t funny at all,” the statement read. On Wednesday, Barkley described the remark as “inappropriate and unacceptable” in a statement issued by Turner Sports on his behalf. And those kinds of comments don’t merit off-the-record protections.” Silence only allows the culture of misogyny to fester. Threats of violence are not a joke, & no person deserves to be hit or threatened like that. She added: “The comments Charles Barkley made to me are not acceptable. Barkley has emceed four times, with his first coming in. McCammond, who acknowledged breaking an off-the-record agreement by sharing the encounter, said Barkley responded to her objection by saying that she “couldn’t take a joke”. Charles Barkley (1993, 2010, 2012, 2018) The Round Mound of Rebound is the only other athlete to have repeat Saturday Night Live shows. Just FYI Charles Barkley told me tonight “I don’t hit women but if I did I would hit you,” and then when I objected to that he told me I “couldn’t take a joke.”- Alexi McCammond November 20, 2019
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