WEBVTT - Chuck Barkley on Why Pro Athletes Deserve Early Vaccines

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<v Speaker 1>Last Thursday Night TNT inside the Nbavior talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>impact of COVID night Team the pandemic on the NBA season.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's what Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith had to

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<v Speaker 1>say about three million shots giving a thousand to some

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<v Speaker 1>NBA players, NFL players, hockey players. Listen, it's much taxes

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<v Speaker 1>these players pay. Let me repeat that, it's must taxes

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<v Speaker 1>these players pay. They deserve some preferential treatment for for

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<v Speaker 1>life and death. Yes, the amount of money you make,

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<v Speaker 1>the taxes of money you make. I'm saying, the amount

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<v Speaker 1>of taxes these guys pay. We can't go there. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think you could go there. You can't go there.

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<v Speaker 1>But Chuck went there, Kenny Chuck Winter. Chuck said that

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<v Speaker 1>these athletes are paying so much in taxes they need

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<v Speaker 1>to be given the vaccine first, that they are deserving

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<v Speaker 1>of it. They are deserving a preferential treatment because the

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<v Speaker 1>taxes they pay unbelievable. Hey, did anybody, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>I have to ask now, anybody watch the NFL game

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<v Speaker 1>the Chiefs and the You didn't watch it, Well, it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't that there was a moment in the game the

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<v Speaker 1>Chiefs and the Cleveland Brownies Cleveland Browns. They were the

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<v Speaker 1>early game on Sunday. Patrick Mahomes, the quarterback of the Chiefs,

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<v Speaker 1>was knocked out of the game because of a concussion. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>it's football, it happens. Well, guess what. Mahomes's mom has

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<v Speaker 1>spoken up and she's not happy that the guy who

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<v Speaker 1>caused the concussion of the Browns was not thrown out

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<v Speaker 1>of the game. This is a line that has now

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<v Speaker 1>been crossed the mother of a star player. I just

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<v Speaker 1>wonder how this is gonna go. I I think she's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be celebrated, she's gonna be applaud edge, he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be Yeah. No, I don't care. It doesn't matter it

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<v Speaker 1>to me. I'm not I'm not articulating an opinion on it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just sharing what happened. I'm not aware of a

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<v Speaker 1>player's mother criticizing another player for injuring her son in

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<v Speaker 1>the course of it may have happened, I don't know.