..same as many others.
Nothing we didn't know already but interesting article.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/09/charles_barkley_i_got_cash_fro.html#incart_m-rpt-2
"I think the most I took was $20,000. It made me stay in school another year. $20,000 is not a lot of money, but I was able to do some stuff for my mother and grandmother and I had some spending money. I'm cool. I don't have to go into the real world of the NBA after one college season."
According to Barkley, Auburn's athletic department discouraged him from taking "serious classes," fearing he could flunk them and become academically ineligible. He believes the college athletic system is "broken" and there is more cheating in recent years because more money is at stake."
Nothing we didn't know already but interesting article.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/09/charles_barkley_i_got_cash_fro.html#incart_m-rpt-2
"I think the most I took was $20,000. It made me stay in school another year. $20,000 is not a lot of money, but I was able to do some stuff for my mother and grandmother and I had some spending money. I'm cool. I don't have to go into the real world of the NBA after one college season."
According to Barkley, Auburn's athletic department discouraged him from taking "serious classes," fearing he could flunk them and become academically ineligible. He believes the college athletic system is "broken" and there is more cheating in recent years because more money is at stake."
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