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Charles Barkley Calls Out ‘Greedy’ Players, Owners for Not Thinking of Fans

“We should never put money above the regular fan,” Barkley said of the NBA's new TV deal, which includes multiple streaming platforms. | CNBC

1. With the NBA finalizing new television deals with ESPN/ABC, NBC and Amazon, Charles Barkley did an interview with CNBC on Thursday in which he lamented the new world of streaming.

With all sports these days carving up their television packages into a slew of slices, fans are paying more money than ever to be able to watch games (which we covered in Thursday’s Traina Thoughts) and Barkley has had enough.

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