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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Benchining a player for being too fat isn't discrimination if they were already heavy when they signed

They accepted [Pablo Sandoval] as being a loud ass when they signed him. He was heavy. So they didn't discriminate in the beginning. And so they will accept him the way he was, but it turned out that he couldn't hit his weight.

This is a subjective interpretation of labor law and discrimination in professional sports.

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Dec 28, 2016
#1974
Kyle WiltjerKyle Wiltjer

Adam Morrison has an apocalypse bunker and is fully equipped for the end of the world

The guy is fully equipped if there was an apocalypse. He's got food stashed in the way, everything. So he could survive anything. He's got guns... He's got a bunker, everything. He's a pro.

Adam Morrison later clarified on the show that he does have survivalist interests and supplies, but the 'bunker' part was somewhat exaggerated myth-making.
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Dec 28, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Danny Woodhead will join the Patriots to mentor Christian McCaffrey

Until the end of the league year, [Danny Woodhead] is still a Charger. And then he'll be a Patriot where he'll mentor Christian McCaffrey.

Woodhead joined the Ravens in 2017, and McCaffrey was drafted by the Panthers. Neither ended up on the Patriots in 2017.
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Dec 28, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm an underrated emailer because I'm more persuasive when people don't have to look at my face

I'm an underrated emailer. What can I say? I'm a lot more persuasive when people don't have to look at my face.

This is a subjective self-assessment of his own communication style.

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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Late-night TV news commercials for products like CarShield are frauds

When I see them up there, those products are fraud... I mean, they wouldn't be advertising there if they weren't a fraud. I have an occasional check with the FTC site and the Better Business Bureau to see various of these companies have all sorts of consumer complaints against them. And what a shock!

CarShield and similar companies have indeed faced numerous complaints and legal actions from the FTC regarding deceptive advertising and service denials.
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

If a commercial starts by saying 'this is not a scam,' it's probably a scam

When they started with the reverse mortgages... the ad started with a sentence: 'This is not a scam.' I mean, that was the furthest thing from my mind until he put it in my head that this might be a scam. Why are they saying it's legit? It never occurred to me that it's not, but now I'm going to start to investigate it.

While logically sound in terms of consumer skepticism, it remains an opinion on marketing rhetoric.
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

The New York Times was desperate for Alex Cooper to say something negative about Barstool Sports

It was obvious to me... that the New York Times was salivating to get [Alex Cooper] to say something that would be damaging to Barstool. And she didn't. They couldn't resist getting [the sidebar about Dave Portnoy] in there.

The editorial intent of a publication is inherently subjective and cannot be definitively proven.

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