I remember seeing some golf tourney vid in which Charles is playing and interacting with fans. It's some charity tourney with UA and AU fans. Charles is talking with this lady on the tee box and he's complimentary of UA in the exchange and said, "Alabama is a good school, I liked Alabama a lot. I almost went there.(pause) but my grades were too good."
He has gone from being a bad ambassador for AU in his NBA days to a great one today.
Always have liked Barkley, and though he says and does some stupid shit from time to time, he also says and does some funny ass shit like above that is totally harmless...unless you're a bammer. You got high profile athletes/former athletes out there killing, raping, getting arrested for drugs, dui, robbery, getting caught on 'roids, and Charles, by some people is lumped in with these "bad boys" because he's outspoken, gambles (legally in Vegas) or a little rambunctious on the court?