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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Dave Portnoy was a fast athlete in his youth but he has lost all of his speed

When David was younger, he had speed. And you know that expression in sports, speed kills. You can't teach somebody to be fast. ...David had it no longer, obviously.

Dave Portnoy's athletic decline is a frequent topic of mockery on Barstool; this is a subjective parental assessment.

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Loss
Jun 11, 2021
#26318
Big CatBig Cat

The Waterdogs will lose both of their games this weekend against Chaos and Chrome

Today, Chaos versus Water Dogs. L for us. ...And then on Sunday, the Waterdogs take another L to the Chrome. NBC Sports Network, 1 p.m. Eastern.

The Waterdogs actually won both games that weekend, defeating Chaos 14-12 and Chrome 14-12.
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Jun 11, 2021
#26319
HankHank

The Bruins would have won their series against the Islanders if Tuukka Rask was fully healthy

I think [Tuukka Rask] was hurt, and I think if he was full health, they probably would have won that series.

This is a hypothetical 'what-if' scenario regarding an injury and team performance that cannot be definitively proven.
Loss
Jun 11, 2021
#19602
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers might move to Ecuador and go off the grid entirely

I think there's something telling me that [Rodgers] might just go off the grid entirely. Like Aaron Rodgers might just not show up on a football field ever again. He might move to Ecuador and go live out in the rainforest with Shailene Woodley.

Aaron Rodgers continued playing for the Packers and later the Jets, never moving to an Ecuadorian rainforest.

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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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