Auburn great and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley chimed in on Chuck Person's arrest and involvement in the ongoing FBI investigation into NCAA corruption that shook the college sports landscape this week.

Making an appearance on the Ryen Russillo Show on Thursday, Barkley -- who played alongside Person at Auburn in the 1980s -- expressed sympathy for his longtime friend, who was one of 10 people arrested by the FBI on Tuesday morning.

"I haven't read all the information; I just wish Chuck the best," Barkley said. "... He's always been a friend. I feel bad that he's in this situation."

Person is facing six federal charges, including bribery and conspiracy charges, that carry a maximum statutory sentence of 80 years in prison. The Auburn associate head coach appeared in court in Montgomery on Tuesday and was released from custody after being ordered to appear in court in the Southern District of New York on Oct. 10.

Person has also been suspended indefinitely and without pay by Auburn, which hired the Birmingham law firm Lightfoot, Franklin and White to conduct an internal review of the men's basketball program.

Person is alleged to have accepted $91,500 in bribes over a 10-month period from Martin Blazer, a disgraced former financial adviser-turned-cooperating federal witness.

The 32-page formal complaint against Person includes Barkley's name twice. Person is alleged to have lied to the mother of an unnamed Auburn player, telling her that Blazer -- the cooperating witness -- handled Person's finances as well as Barkley's in an attempt to steer that player toward using that adviser. In another instance, Person references Barkley -- the No. 5 overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft -- when trying to explain the level of talent on Auburn's roster last season.

"First of all, I have no idea who that person is," Barkley said. "I want to make it clear... I never heard of this person he said was his financial adviser."

Barkley said he was, however, familiar with the other man charged in the federal complaint against Person -- Rashan Michel, a former NBA referee from Birmingham who owns a custom suit business in Atlanta.

"I know Michel a little bit from the NBA," Barkley said. "I've seen that guy in Atlanta a ton."

While the FBI said Tuesday that the investigation is ongoing, the scope of the probe remains to be seen. Barkley believes there is plenty of blame to go around after what acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joon Kim, said exposed the "dark underbelly" of college basketball.

Part of that blame, Barkley said, also belongs to his employer, Turner Sports, which owns the broadcasting rights to the NCAA Tournament.

"Everybody's got dirty hands in this whole thing," Barkley said. "ESPN, which I love, the money they make on college basketball. Myself and CBS, what we make on March Madness. What the NCAA makes on all these sports, the shoe companies who follow kids to certain schools, their hands are dirty. And the kids who take their money. They don't have to take that money.

"There's nobody who's got clean hands in this whole scenario. It's a dirty business. It's unfortunate, but let's don't act like we can pass the buck to any particular group in this whole thing. The NBA is dirty. They started this whole thing with the one-and-done scenario. They're implicated in it also... Let's tell it like it is: Everybody's involved. Everybody's making money off these kids."

The outspoken broadcaster and former All-Star added that Tuesday's news shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

"It's been there forever, and now everybody wants to act like they're totally in shock now, and they're just full of crap," he said. "This stuff has been going on forever."

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.