slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

NBA legend Charles Barkley: ‘The only people who are not v******ted are just a--holes'

Jade Scipioni

"Yes, I'm v******ted," says NBA legend Charles Barkley. "Everybody should be v******ted. Period."

"The only people who are not v******ted are just a--holes," he says.

The 58-year-old NBA Hall-of-Famer says he personally thinks sports leagues should force players to get v******ted.

"Can you imagine if one of these guys that are not v******ted, if they get one of these players' kids, wives, girlfriends, moms and dads sick and they die over some unnecessary conspiracy bulls---," Barkley says. "I think that would be tragic."

Barkley says playing in a professional sports league is just like having a corporate job.

"There's s--- you can't do at work and there's s--- that have to do at work," he says. "So every workplace has rules and I think one of the rules [should be] that guys have to be v******ted."

Up to 80% of NFL players, 90% of NBA players and 85% of MLB players have reportedly had at least one shot. But there have been players and coaches who have publicly refused to be v******ted.

According to ESPN, Minnesota Vikings assistant coach Rick Dennison and New England Patriots co-offensive line coach Cole Popovich are both out next season due to decisions related to the C****-** v*****e and NFL guidelines.

NFL's guidelines required v******tion for all Tier 1 staff, including coaches, front-office executives, equipment managers and scouts. However, NFL players are not required to be v******ted. But players who are not v******ted will face strict protocols and consequences like fines and game forfeits if they choose to decline the v*****e, ESPN reports. The NFL said it won't extend the 2021 season due to C****-** outbreaks.

The NBA and MLB are also not requiring players to get v******ted.

Buffalo Bill's Cole Beasley and Arizona Cardinals' DeAndre Hopkins are among the NFL players who have been vocal about not wanting to get v******ted.

"I'll get v******ted and be an advocate for it if P****r puts a percentage of its earnings from the v*****e in my wife's name," Beasley tweeted on July 20.

Billionaire Mark Cuban later responded to Beasley's tweet, offering to buy his wife a share of P****r stock, if he got v******ted. (A share of P****r was worth around $41 at the time.)

Zachary Binney, a sports epidemiologist at Emory University in Atlanta, told the Los Angeles Times that athletes aren't that different from the rest of the U.S. population when it comes to v*****e beliefs.

"A lot of them are v******ted. A lot of them are willing to become v******ted. Some of them have concerns. And some of them just are not going to do it — and they are never going to do it," Binney said.

As of Tuesday, 49% of the U.S. is fully v******ted.

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

Definitely NOT the first time I've ever been called an asshole.

Coming from a liberal r****d, it's truly a badge of honor.

Only the fearful and the feebleminded need the jab.

Us rednecks need only God, guns and plenty of groceries.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

As they vary periodically, it would be difficult to correctly categorize Charles Barkley's ideological/political leanings.

microphor Loc: Home is TN

So people who are told by their doctors not to get v******ted should listen to this a$$ wipe, or maybe expectant mothers who don't want to risk child's life, how bout them people who have allergies? Should they do what a$$ wipe says, after all, he is another all knowing Democrat

microphor Loc: Home is TN

PeterS

Look Slaten if conservatives don't want to get THE shot they shouldn't get THE shot. With all the Mexicans crossing the border with C***D they will all be dead by next January...such a loss!

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Opinions are like a$$#*!e$, everybody has one. Each is entitled to their erroneous opinion. He would fit in nicely here on OPP, don't you think?

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Barclay is known for his outrageousness...so, yepper. Certainly as much as you or I.

BTW, an interesting way of spelling arsewholes.

Kevyn

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

You got that right!