This past weekend, Turner Sports had a short segment on their NBA show to promote the network’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League, which begins next summer.
In short, the attempt by Turner Sports was awkward, underwhelming and didn’t help fill the viewer with any confidence that the network knows soccer.
The duties of promoting the Champions League coverage fell to their basketball analysts with former player Charles Barkley stating on air, “Any sport that the United States sucks in, we (Turner Sports) should not be involved in.”
Did you know we're in the soccer business?@ChampionsLeague is coming to Turner! ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/uCbyhHCIH9
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) November 3, 2017
Is this what we can expect from Turner Sports’ coverage of the UEFA Champions League next season? Let’s hope not.
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