Barkley says Ernie Johnson talked him into one final season

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorCharles Barkley says he was done after last year, and Ernie Johnson talked him into one final season on ESPN.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhat was the pitch? Money? Ratings?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorJobs. Barkley says Ernie told him ESPN wanted to buy the show, and a couple hundred people would keep theirs.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorSixty-three years old, and he gets the speech you give the guy holding the clipboard.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the pitch had no basketball in it. Just a headcount.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, I'm telling you, that's loyalty. A man ready to walk away after TNT lost its NBA rights stays for the crew. That's a captain.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCaptain of a final season he's already announced before.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorFair. ESPN says he's said it before and came back. And now Ernie's stepping away after thirty-seven seasons.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSixty-three years old and he's still the only one in the building who can be talked into it.