Barkley Says Give Old Retired Players $1M and I'll be in NBA 2K

[griffkhalifa]

This is so preposterous. As if 2K is going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get one player in the game.

I think he’s coming from a good place but it’s not really realistic. He’d be better off taking whatever 2K gave him for a realistic fee and setting up a fund for those players.

[Klocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by griffkhalifa

This is so preposterous. As if 2K is going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get one player in the game. I think he’s coming from a good place but it’s not really realistic. He’d be better off taking whatever 2K gave him for a realistic fee and setting up a fund for those players.

Actually, he was only asking for 1 million dollars to be donated to the old timers retirement help program.

It's a program that helps in need old players. The league should actually be doing more but Barkley is not out of line with 1 million imo

[J_Posse]

Quote: Originally Posted by Klocker

Actually, he was only asking for 1 million dollars to be donated to the old timers retirement help program. It's a program that helps in need old players. The league should actually be doing more but Barkley is not out of line with 1 million imo

Again, the players association is doing more. They have upped how much they add to the pool of money (considerably) for retired players.

If they want more they can join the retired players' association (for licensing) & get those royalties too.

Just handing out a million dollars annually to get just Barkley isn't a sound business decision. Especially, when 2K already has an agreement in place with retired players that choose to join the non-profit.

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