Actually, it is. You're calling me out, prove me wrong
You want the closest thing to a guaranteed money making scheme?? Bet against Charles Barkley.
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Ok, for starters, he picked against UConn every game in 2014. And he picked Gonzaga last night. And he picked Alabama to at least make the Final Four this year.
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Barkley is on TV for viewership, nobody cares who he picks or how he analyzes games. He's on there because he's funny as hell and people tune in to see what he'll say next.
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Barkley just picked Tiger to win The Masters.
Then why bother having him even pick games? He should play the Rob Riggle role. I love him, think he's hilarious. But don't ask him for his analysis, he watches 67 games a year of college basketball.
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Yep. He's the guy at the bar everyone wants to sit next to when watching a game because he's funny and will point out some off the wall stuff.
Want hard hitting analysis? Go to some betting site where a person's ability to earn income is based on their wallet not their mouth.
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You're wrong. He's been right more than he's been wrong the past decade.
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I like to compare Barkley and Jordan. As a player Barkley always trailed Jordan. It probably wasn't super close. I suppose "close" is relative. As a personality, it was apparent Barkley was more interesting even in the late 80s. 30 years later that's still apparent.
They put him in the studio for the tourney because "casual fans" (TM Chief00) tune in to be entertained by Barkley and don't care enough about his occasionally awful picks to go on a message board the next day and talk about it. Feel like boneyarders sometimes forget we're in the top 1% of lunatics when it comes to college b-ball. 85% of the country (probably more) are just like Barkley and don't watch a single game all year until March. These studios are trying to draw in eyeballs, not have guys tossing out hard hitting analysis.
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I loved when he hated on us and we won the national championship. I've met Barkley and he was my favorite player growing up, but he speaks whatever comes to his mind at that second. I don't see him as a deep thinker who really analyzes things. I think he goes with his gut, pun intended.