NBA Hall of Famer and sports analyst Charles Barkley called the present state of college athletics “a travesty and disgrace.”

During an appearance on 60 Minutes, Barkley did not hold back about his opinion on the current name, image, and likeness system that allows colleges and universities to bid for athletes to join their schools’ programs.

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“It’s a travesty and a disgrace,” Barkley said. “I’m so mad now how we can mess up something so beautiful. We can’t pay all these players.”

“In the next three to five years, we're going to have 25 schools that's going to dominate the sports because they can afford players,” he continued. “And these schools who can't afford or won't pay players are going to be irrelevant.”

Barkley also blasted NCAA President and former Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA) over the idea of involving lawmakers in Washington to help rectify the system.

“Did he say we’re going to ask the politicians to help us? See, that p***es me off already,” Barkley said during an NCAA March Madness broadcast on Thursday. “Our politicians are awful people.”

“I would actually go to people who actually care about basketball,” Barkley continued. "I would put a committee together. I would love for Clark to be on the committee. Get some coaches, get some players, and let’s try to work this thing out. We can’t ask these politicians nothing. Those people are awful people — Democrats and Republicans. They’re all crooks."

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Members of the CBS broadcast panel pushed back, saying not all lawmakers are crooks, which Barkley acknowledged as true.

Clark has called for more transparency and accountability in college athletic recruitment, suggesting that “if the [federal government can] do it, all 50 states comply.”