AUGUSTA, GA. – Charles Barkley ripped on Billy Payne, one of the execs from The Masters golf tournament, referring to Payne as being a “punk-ass” and calling him an “Uncle Tom” and a “Master on the plantation”.

Midway through his rant he added, “I wish somebody would just walk up to him and just punch him in his face.”

‘Sir Charles’ knows all about punching people in the face.

In 1991, the ex-NBA star was arrested after breaking a man’s nose during a fight after a game when he played for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Barkley found similar trouble again in 1996 when during a night out on the town with the U.S. Olympic Basketball team, he was arrested for getting into a fight at a Cleveland dance bar.

Just for honorable mention sake, we’ll make quick mention of the incident in Orlando when he was charged with assault after being accused of throwing a man through a plate-glass window on Church Street.

Back to Charles’ rant against Payne.

Yeah, Charles, the PGA and golf in general is an arrogant and smug sport but let’s not slug a guy in the face just for saying that Tiger Woods, “did not live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children” because society expects certain behavior from guys like you and Woods when you’re raking in mega-millions of cash over your careers.

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